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Assessment of critically ill patients

Assessment of critically ill patients. Ahmed Ali Ismail Assistant lecturer of anesthesia & intensive care. objectives. Why? Who? Where? How?. Why?. The main aim of meticulous assessment of critically ill patients is to decrease the incidence of cardiac arrest in these high risk patients.

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Assessment of critically ill patients

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  1. Assessment of critically ill patients Ahmed Ali Ismail Assistant lecturer of anesthesia & intensive care

  2. objectives • Why? • Who? • Where? • How?

  3. Why? • The main aim of meticulous assessment of critically ill patients is to decrease the incidence of cardiac arrest in these high risk patients

  4. Who? • Critical ill patients are those in whom death is highly expected

  5. Where? • Anywhere but mostly in the emergency department and in RTA

  6. How • The A to E approach is a universal approach accepted worldwide

  7. A: Airway • We talk to the patient loudly • if Respond this mean patent and secured airway • If not mean unsecured airway

  8. NB: do not forget oxygen mask ( cadeau to the patient )

  9. B: Breathing • Respiratory rate • Respiratory movement • Percussion • auscultation

  10. NB: do not forget pulse oximetry ( cadeau to the patient )

  11. C: Circulation • Pulse • Blood pressure • Capillary refill • IV line

  12. NB: do not forget cadeau to the patient ( ECG monitoring )

  13. D: Disability • Pupil size • Random blood sugar • Scale of the patient

  14. E: Exposure • Systemic examination of the patient

  15. THANK YOU

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