OSCE Flashcards
INFORMED CONSENT
1-Understanding for the patient situation
2-Indication (for surgery)
3-Process (of anesthesia)
4-Benefits
5-Risk: common/benign (one)
6-Risk: rare/severe (one)
7-Mitigation
8-Alternative
9-Questions
10-Confirm I have your consent
HAVE THE PATIENT GIVE CONSENT IN THEIR OWN WORDS
PERIPROCEDURAL COMPLICATIONS
1-Understand
2-Elicit History
3-Physical
4-Potential causes (take responsibility)
5-Plan/Likely outcome
6-Questions
7-Summarize
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
ETHICS
1-Understand the patient situation
2-Identify stakeholders
3-Name core ethical principles (beneficence, non-maleficense)
4-Elicit preferences
5-Clarify options (2 is enough)
6-Plan (may have to negotiate)
Stakeholders: is there anyone else you would like to help you make this big decision
COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALS
For cancelling a case:
-Understand the situation
-Elicit concerns
-Resolve
For remote crisis management:
-Call for help early
-Closed loop communication
Plan to sit down…and have the angry surgeon sit down
Practicate-Based Learning
1-Define problem
2-Measure
3- Stakeholders
4-Educate
5-Implement
6-Measure again
DNR
Many patient often suspend their DNR..
Has he mentioned what he would like to have happen if his heart were to stop…chest compression, shocks, medication
We can rescind DNR in part, not at all, or entirely
NEURO EXAM
Pupillary reflex
Follow my finger
Facial Sensation
Closs your eyes, smile big, puff out check
Shrug shoulder
Stick out tongue
MONITORS:
Upsloping EtCO2 expiratory phase…ddx
-Bronchospasm
-Anaphylaxis
Monitors:
-Elevated inspiratory EtCO2 baseline…ddx
1-Exhausted CO2 absorbent
2-Incompetent expiratory valve
MONITORS:
Incompent inspiratory valve…describe
Prolonged inspiratory downstroke
Prolonged QTC and torsades…ddx
Hypokalemia
Hypocalcemia
1-Mid-esophageal 4 chamber:
(mitral valve leaflets, tricuspid leaflets)
2-Mid-esophageal 2 chamber
(coronary sinus, left atrial appendage)
3-Mid-esophageal Aortic Valve Long Axis
(mitral valve leaflets)
4-Mid-esophageal Aortic valve Short Axis
(Cusps)
5-Mid-esophageal RV inflow-outflow
(Cusps)
6-Mid-esophageal Bi-Caval View
(Intraatrial septum)
7-Transgastric mid-papillary short axis view
(Posteromedial pap, anterolateral pap)
8-Mid-esophageal Ascending Aorta long axis
9-Mid-esophageal Ascending Aorta short axis
10-Descending Aorta long axis view
11-Descending Aorta short axis view
4 chamber:
-Posterior leaflet TV, septal leaflet TV
-Anterior leaflet, posterior leaflet
2chamber:
Posterior, anterior leaflet
Aortic valve Long Axis:
Posterior, anterior
-NCC, RCC
TTE
Parasternal short (papillary muscles)
R to L:
Posteriormedial…anterolateral
Parasternal short, mid-pap view
Tail toward head
PTX M-Mode
Barcode sign