Indications for definitive airway (4)
6 P’s of rapid sequence intubation (RSI)
Preparation Preoxygenation - 3 min 100% NRB or 6 vital capacity breaths Pretreatment Paralysis + Induction Placement of tube Postintubation management
Medications (and doses) for RSI pretreatment (3)
Lidocaine - given with ↑ intracranial or intraocular pressure and bronchospasm; 1.5mg/kg IV
Fentanyl - mitigates tachycardic response to intubation in dissection, CAD/ 3 µg/kg IV
Atropine - consider for symptomatic bradycardia, doesn’t consistently prevent reflex bradycardia in peds; 0.02mg/kg IV
Induction medication for RSI: Etomidate
Etomidate - Imidazole derivative
Induction medication for RSI: Ketamine
Ketamine - PCP derivative
Induction medication for RSI: Midazolam
Midazolam - benzodiazepine
Induction medication for RSI: Propofol
Propofol - GABA agonist
Paralytic agent for RSI: Succinylcholine
Succinylcholine - Depolarizing agent
- Time to onset: 45-60s
Paralytic agent for RSI: Vecuronium
Vecuronium - nondepolarizing agent
Paralytic agent for RSI: Rocuronium
Rocuronium - nondepolarizing agent
Risks for hyperkalemia?
What paralytic agent do you avoid?
** AVOID SUCCINYLCHOLINE
Salter type I
Growth disturbance?
Treatment?
Fracture extends through epiphyseal plate → displacement of epiphysis (may appear merely as widening of the radiolucent area representing growth plate)
Usually no growth disturbance
Tx: Closed reduction and immobilization
Fracture extends through epiphyseal plate → displacement of epiphysis (may appear merely as widening of the radiolucent area representing growth plate)
Usually no growth disturbance
Tx: Closed reduction and immobilization
Salter type I
Salter type II
Growth disturbance?
Treatment?
Fracture extends through epiphyseal plate, resulting in displacement of epiphysis + a triangular segment of metaphysis is fractured (Thurston Holland sign)
3/4 of all epiphyseal fractures
Usually no growth disturbance
Tx: Closed reduction and immobilization
Fracture extends through epiphyseal plate, resulting in displacement of epiphysis + a triangular segment of metaphysis is fractured (Thurston Holland sign)
3/4 of all epiphyseal fractures
Usually no growth disturbance
Tx: Closed reduction and immobilization
Salter type II
Salter type III
Growth disturbance?
Treatment?
Fracture line runs from the joint surface through epiphyseal plate and epiphysis
Involves germinal layer, therefore growth disruption is common
Tx: ORIF
Fracture line runs from the joint surface through epiphyseal plate and epiphysis
Involves germinal layer, therefore growth disruption is common
Tx: ORIF
Salter type III
Salter type IV
Growth disturbance?
Treatment?
Fracture line runs from joint surface through epiphyseal plate and epiphysis but also passes through adjacent metaphysis
Involves germinal layer, therefore growth disruption is common
Tx: ORIF
Fracture line runs from joint surface through epiphyseal plate and epiphysis but also passes through adjacent metaphysis
Involves germinal layer, therefore growth disruption is common
Tx: ORIF
Salter type IV
Salter type V
Growth disturbance?
Crush injury of the epiphysis. May be difficult to determine by radiographic examination. Suggested by mechanism of injury and pain over epiphysis. Diagnosis can be established by MRI if hemorrhage or hematoma is DI’d within the growth plate immediately after injury. Also reported is loss of MRI signal from the cartilage. Rarely diagnosed acutely.
Growth arrest is the rule, manifested by shortening or angulation.
Crush injury of the epiphysis. May be difficult to determine by radiographic examination. Suggested by mechanism of injury and pain over epiphysis. Diagnosis can be established by MRI if hemorrhage or hematoma is DI’d within the growth plate immediately after injury. Also reported is loss of MRI signal from the cartilage. Rarely diagnosed acutely.
Growth arrest is the rule, manifested by shortening or angulation.
Salter type IV
Classification of open fractures: Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade IIIA Grade IIIB Grade IIC
Classification of open fractures:
Grade I - wound <1cm long, punctured from below
Grade II - wound 5cm long, no contamination/crush, no excessive soft tissue loss/flaps/avulsion
Grade III - lg laceration + contamination/crush, frequently includes a segmental fracture
Grade IIIA - involves extensive soft tissue stripping of bone
Grade IIIB - periosteal stripping has occured
Grade IIC - major vascular injury present
Antibiotics for open fractures?
First gen cephalosporin (Cefazolin)
Add aminoglycosides if grade II or III
Amount of blood loss with radius/unla fracture?
150-250mL