Emergency Medicine Procedures

Section One: Respiratory Procedures

1. Essential Anatomy of the Airway
2. Basic Airway Management
3. Pharmacologic Adjuncts to Intubation
4. Rapid Sequence Induction
5. Orotracheal Intubation
6. Digital (Tactile) Orotracheal Intubation
7. Bullard Laryngoscope Intubation
8. Lighted Stylet Intubation
9. Esophageal-Tracheal Combitube Intubation
10. Fiberoptic Endoscopic Intubation
11. Nasotracheal Intubation
12. Retrograde Guidewire Intubation
13. Percutaneous Transtracheal Jet Ventilation
14. Cricothyroidotomy
15. Tracheostomy
16. Tracheostomy Care
17. Laryngeal Mask Airways
18. Transtracheal Aspiration


Section Two: Cardiothoracic Procedures

19. Cardioversion and Defibrillation
20. Transcutaneous Cardiac Pacing
21. Transthoracic Cardiac Pacing
22. Transvenous Cardiac Pacing
23. Pacemaker Assessment
24. Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Assessment
25. Pericardiocentesis
26. Intracardiac Injection
27. Needle Thoracostomy
28. Tube Thoracostomy
29. Thoracentesis
30. Open Chest Wound Management
31. Emergency Department Thoracotomy
32. Open Cardiac Massage
33. Cardiac Wound Repair
34. Hilum & Great Vessel Wound Management
35. Thoracic Aortic Occlusion


Section Three: Vascular Procedures

36. General Principles for Intravenous Access
37. Venipuncture and Peripheral Intravenous Access
38. Central Venous Access
39. Troubleshooting Indwelling Central Venous Lines
40. Accessing Indwelling Central Venous Lines
41. Pulmonary Artery (Swan-Ganz) Catheterization
42. Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring
43. Peripheral Venous Cutdown
44. Intraosseous Infusion
45. Umbilical Vessel Catheterization
46. Arterial Puncture and Cannulation


Section Four: Gastrointestinal Procedures

47. Nasogastric Intubation
48. Activated Charcoal Administration
49. Gastric Lavage
50. Whole Bowel Irrigation
51. Esophageal Foreign Body Removal
52. Balloon Tamponade of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
53. Gastrostomy Tube Replacement
54. Paracentesis
55. Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage
56. Anal Fissure Management
57. External Hemorrhoid Management
58. Prolapsed Rectum Reduction
59. Anoscopy
60. Rigid Rectosigmoidoscopy
61. Rectal Foreign Body Extraction


Section Five: Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Procedures

62. Bursitis and Tendonitis Therapy
63. Compartment Pressure Measurement
64. Extensor Tendon Repair
65. Arthrocentesis
66. Sternoclavicular Joint Dislocation Reduction
67. Shoulder Joint Dislocation Reduction
68. Elbow Joint Dislocation Reduction
69. Radial Head Subluxation (Nursemaids Elbow) Reduction
70. Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation Reduction
71. Hip Joint Dislocation Reduction
72. Patellar Dislocation Reduction
73. Knee Joint Dislocation Reduction
74. Ankle Joint Dislocation Reduction
75. Common Fracture Reduction
76. Casts and Splints


Section Six: Skin and Soft Tissue Procedures

77. General Principles of Wound Management
78. Basic Wound Closure Techniques
79. Advanced Wound Closure Techniques
80. Management of Specific Soft Tissue Injuries
81. Subcutaneous Foreign Body Identification and Removal
82. Tick Removal
83. Fishhook Removal
84. Ring Removal
85. Subungual Hematoma Evacuation
86. Subungual Foreign Body Removal
87. Nailbed Repair
88. Ganglion Cyst Aspiration and Injection
89. Subcutaneous Abscess Incision and Drainage
90. Paronychia or Eponychia Incision and Drainage
91. Felon Incision and Drainage
92. Pilonidal Abscess or Cyst Incision and Drainage
93. Perianal Abscess Incision and Drainage
94. Sebaceous Cyst Incision and Drainage
95. Hemorrhage Control


Section Seven: Neurologic and Neurosurgical Procedures

96. Lumbar Puncture
97. Burr Holes
98. Lateral Cervical Puncture
99. Ventriculostomy
100. Ventricular Shunt Evaluation and Aspiration
101. Subdural Hematoma Aspiration in the Infant
102. Skeletal Traction (Gardner-Well’s Tongs) for Cervical
Spine Dislocations and Fractures
103. Reflex Eye Movemen