EM Procedures
Here are descriptions of some of the more common (marked with an asterisk) and not so common procedures in the ED. Descriptions and details will be added in the future…
Airway
rapid sequence
intubation (RSI)*
laryngeal
mask airway (LMA)
nasotracheal intubation
fiberoptic intubation
cricothyrotomy
retrograde
intubation
Venous access
central lines*
femoral*
subclavian*
internal jugular (IJ)*
saphenous
cutdown
interosseus
(IO) line
Trauma
suturing lacerations*
chest tube
retrograde urethrogram
pericardiocentesis
thoracotomy
Miscellaneous
incision and drainage (I&D)*
dislocated
joint reduction
arthrocentesis
paracentesis
thoracentesis
suprapubic cathetherization
transvenous pacer
Swan-Ganz catheter
post-mortem
C-section
lateral canthotomy
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(EM=Emergency Medicine,
ED=Emergency Department, EP=Emergency Physician)