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CHAPTER 19

Procedures and Skills

Ana Paola Uranga, MD, MBA

Cardiothoracic Procedures 857

PERICARDIOCENTESIS 857

THORACENTESIS 858

THORACOSTOMYTUBE 859

EMERGENCYDEPARTMENTTHORACOTOMY 861

TRANSCUTANEOUSCARDIACPACING 862

TRANSVENOUSCARDIACPACING 863

Vascular Access 865

CENTRALVENOUSCATHETERIZATION 865

VENOUSCUTDOWN 866

INTRAOSSEOUSINFUSION 867

UMBILICALVEINCATHETERIZATION 869

ARTERIALCATHETERIZATION 870

Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Procedure 870

PARACENTESIS 870

RECTALFOREIGNBODYREMOVAL 871

DIAGNOSTICPERITONEALLAVAGE 872

BALLOONTAMPONADE OFGASTROESOPHAGEALVARICES 873

Neurologic Procedures 874

LUMBARPUNCTURE 874

VENTRICULOPERITONEALSHUNTEVALUATION 875

Perimortem Cesarean Section 876

Anesthesia 877

LOCALANESTHESIA 877

REGIONALNERVEBLOCKS 878

PROCEDURALSEDATION 880

Ophthalmologic Procedures 883

LATERALCANTHOTOMY 883

IOP MEASUREMENT 884

Ultrasound 884