Bendigo Health ICU Manual
  • Home
  • Administration
    • Team members
    • Roles & Responsibilities at a Glance
    • ICU Orientation Guide 2018 >
      • Unit description: contacts, details and nursing support
      • Duty hours: roster, leave
      • Roles & Expectations: Duty registrar and Outreach registrar
      • Ward round duties
      • Ongoing patient management: prescribing, investigations
      • Documentation and preparation for Admission & Transfers
      • Referrals & Refusals
      • Lines of reporting and division of responsibiities: ICU, CCU, paediatric ICU
      • Night Huddle
      • MET calls
      • Deaths in iCU
      • Morbidity & Mortality meeting preparation
      • Procedures
      • Intubation
      • Education & Learning opportunities
      • HMO Learning Objectives
      • Research
      • Infection Control
      • Resources, policies & guidelines
      • Dress code
      • Mentors
      • Phones & Pagers
      • National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
      • Unit Guide: Feedback & Disclaimers
    • ICU ROVER 2017 >
      • Introduction
      • Unit description and Key Contacts
      • HMO Schedule: ward rounds and handovers
      • HMO responsibilities: admissions & discharges
      • Rostering & Education
      • Common medical conditions managed in ICU
      • Useful resources
      • Basic rules
    • ICU Consultant Orientation Guide >
      • 1.1. - 1.2. Structure of Bendigo Health
      • 2.1 Administration in ICU
      • 2.2. Clinical >
        • 2.2. Clinical (introduction)
        • 2.2.1. Referrals
        • 2.2.2. Admission paperwork
        • 2.2.3. Discharges
        • 2.2.4. Deaths in ICU
        • 2.2.5. External transfers
        • 2.2.6. St John of God ICU (SJOG)
      • 2.3. Structure of the day
      • 2.4. Interface with other units
      • 2.5. Clinical Management (introduction) >
        • 2.5. Clinical Management (introduction)
        • 2.5.1. Respiratory
        • 2.5.2. Cardiovascular
        • 2.5.3. Renal / CRRT
        • 2.5.4. Nutrition
        • 2.5.5. Endocrine
        • 2.5.6. Infection and antimicrobials
        • 2.5.7. Care bundles
        • 2.5.8. Resuscitation and Advanced Care Planning
        • 2.5.9. Analgesia
      • 2.6. Outreach
      • 2.7. Follow up clinic
      • 2.8. Non-clinical expectations >
        • 2.8. Non-clinical expectations (introduction)
        • 2.8.1. Mandatory competencies
        • 2.8.2. Professional Development Reviews (PDRs)
    • Echuca Telehealth Consults
    • Orientation & Guides (downloadable versions)
    • ICU Orientation Presentation 2018
    • Shift swap form for consultants
    • VHIMS >
      • VHIMS Resources (intranet only)
      • How to enter a VHIMS (intranet only)
    • Social Media Etiquette
    • Useful contacts
  • Clinical
    • Admissions & Discharges >
      • Admissions & Discharges
      • Guideline to Surgical Admissions
    • Daily ICU review & care >
      • FAST HUGS IN BED PLEASE
      • Oxygen prescribing
      • Oxygen - Paediatric considerations
      • Care of the Invasively Ventilated Patient – Adult Patient (PROMPT)
      • Assessing for extubation
      • Nutrition in ICU
      • Thiamine prescribing
      • Patient Diaries
    • Drugs & Infusions >
      • Inpatient prescribing practices
      • Common ICU Drugs
      • Drug Infusions A-Z
      • Drugs by system/action >
        • Antibiotics
        • Diuretics
        • Antithrombotic therapy
        • Analgesics in ICU
        • Antipyretic
        • Anticonvulsants
        • Antiplatelets
        • Antihypertensives
        • Beta-blockers
        • Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
        • Aperients / Laxatives
        • Prokinetics
    • Care bundle >
      • Post-cardiac arrest care (TTM) (PROMPT)
      • Spinal Trauma- CPG's (includes cervical spine clearance) (PROMPT)
      • Management Of Uncontrolled, Life Threatening Bleeding (Massive Exsanguination) (PROMPT)
    • Clinical Protocols >
      • Stroke Protocol (SCV Oct 2018)
    • NIV >
      • Domiciliary (Home) non-invasive ventilation (NIV)/CPAP patients
      • NIV (PROMPT)
    • Tracheostomy Management
    • PICCO decision making tree
    • CRRT
    • Procedures
    • Care of the Dying Patient
    • Emergency calls to the helicopter pad
    • Transferring ICU patients >
      • Intra & Interhospital transfers
      • MRI transfers - special considerations
    • Organ & Tissue Donation
    • Welfare & other supports for patients and family >
      • Visiting times
      • Social work, pastoral care & aboriginal hospital liaison officer support
      • Interpreter services
      • Patient relations office
    • PROMPT
  • Professional development
    • Education & Training >
      • Learning and Training in ICU
      • ICU Education Curriculum
      • CICM Primary Exam education
    • Assessments, logbooks and mandatory training >
      • Procedures competency assessments / Logbook
      • Registrar Assessments and In-Training Evaluation Reports (ITERs)
      • Mandatory training for medical staff
    • Echocardiography in ICU
    • Crit-IQ
    • Other education opportunities
    • Mentorship
    • Looking after yourself and colleagues
    • BASIC Provider course
    • Paediatric BASIC provider course
    • Paediatric crit care education
    • Useful links and resources
  • Research/QI
    • Research >
      • STARRT AKI
      • SuDDICU
      • PLUS study
      • Recent Publications
    • Quality & Safety Audits >
      • Procedure database
      • NEAT Audit
      • ICU Discharge Audit
      • Documentation Audit
    • Administration for the ICU Procedural Database
  • Paediatric ICU
    • Introduction
    • PIPER Paediatric GO NOW Criteria
    • Criteria for admission of children to a regional hospital ICU or a paediatric ward HDU
    • Common Paediatric Conditions (SCV Guidelines) >
      • Asthma
      • Bronchiolitis >
        • Bronchiolitis
        • Respiratory Distress Score for monitoring patients with bronchiolitis on HFNC and CPAP
      • Croup
      • Diabetic ketoacidosis
      • Seizures >
        • Febrile seizures
        • Non-febrile seizures
      • The Septic Child >
        • Assessment & Management (SCV)
        • Criteria for rapid ICU admission of children with sepsis
    • Paediatric Crit Care Education >
      • ED/Paeds education sessions
      • Other paediatric crit care education opportunities
    • Paediatric Resus Card
  • Emergency!
    • Code Blue: ALS algorithms >
      • Adult ALS algorithm
      • Paediatric ALS algorithm
      • Obstetric cardiac arrest flowchart
    • Emergency algorithms/mnemonics >
      • Airway
      • Breathing
      • Circulation >
        • Management Of Uncontrolled, Life Threatening Bleeding (Massive Exsanguination) (PROMPT)
      • Disability
    • MET calls: common scenarios >
      • Staff concern
      • The Dying Patient
      • Hypoxic Type 1 Respiratory Failure
      • Hypercapnoeic Type 2 Respiratory Failure
      • Atrial Fibrillation
      • Hypotension and CV Shock
      • Altered consciousness
      • The Agitated Patient
      • Oliguria/Anuria
    • MET calls: resources
    • Paediatric Resus Card

Airway

Useful flow-chart to help guide decision-making when faced with a threatened airway from Ludwig's Angina - Flow chart

Renal

An interesting article on the approach to a very common scenario - 'Doctor, this patient has poor urine output...'

Haematology

Venous thromboembolism - what are the latest stance on compression stockings? Is there any advance on treatment for submassive PE? These answers and more in the latest guidelines from CHEST (2016) - Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report

Toxicology

Paediatric ingestions - One Pill can Kill
  • Home
  • Administration
    • Team members
    • Roles & Responsibilities at a Glance
    • ICU Orientation Guide 2018 >
      • Unit description: contacts, details and nursing support
      • Duty hours: roster, leave
      • Roles & Expectations: Duty registrar and Outreach registrar
      • Ward round duties
      • Ongoing patient management: prescribing, investigations
      • Documentation and preparation for Admission & Transfers
      • Referrals & Refusals
      • Lines of reporting and division of responsibiities: ICU, CCU, paediatric ICU
      • Night Huddle
      • MET calls
      • Deaths in iCU
      • Morbidity & Mortality meeting preparation
      • Procedures
      • Intubation
      • Education & Learning opportunities
      • HMO Learning Objectives
      • Research
      • Infection Control
      • Resources, policies & guidelines
      • Dress code
      • Mentors
      • Phones & Pagers
      • National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
      • Unit Guide: Feedback & Disclaimers
    • ICU ROVER 2017 >
      • Introduction
      • Unit description and Key Contacts
      • HMO Schedule: ward rounds and handovers
      • HMO responsibilities: admissions & discharges
      • Rostering & Education
      • Common medical conditions managed in ICU
      • Useful resources
      • Basic rules
    • ICU Consultant Orientation Guide >
      • 1.1. - 1.2. Structure of Bendigo Health
      • 2.1 Administration in ICU
      • 2.2. Clinical >
        • 2.2. Clinical (introduction)
        • 2.2.1. Referrals
        • 2.2.2. Admission paperwork
        • 2.2.3. Discharges
        • 2.2.4. Deaths in ICU
        • 2.2.5. External transfers
        • 2.2.6. St John of God ICU (SJOG)
      • 2.3. Structure of the day
      • 2.4. Interface with other units
      • 2.5. Clinical Management (introduction) >
        • 2.5. Clinical Management (introduction)
        • 2.5.1. Respiratory
        • 2.5.2. Cardiovascular
        • 2.5.3. Renal / CRRT
        • 2.5.4. Nutrition
        • 2.5.5. Endocrine
        • 2.5.6. Infection and antimicrobials
        • 2.5.7. Care bundles
        • 2.5.8. Resuscitation and Advanced Care Planning
        • 2.5.9. Analgesia
      • 2.6. Outreach
      • 2.7. Follow up clinic
      • 2.8. Non-clinical expectations >
        • 2.8. Non-clinical expectations (introduction)
        • 2.8.1. Mandatory competencies
        • 2.8.2. Professional Development Reviews (PDRs)
    • Echuca Telehealth Consults
    • Orientation & Guides (downloadable versions)
    • ICU Orientation Presentation 2018
    • Shift swap form for consultants
    • VHIMS >
      • VHIMS Resources (intranet only)
      • How to enter a VHIMS (intranet only)
    • Social Media Etiquette
    • Useful contacts
  • Clinical
    • Admissions & Discharges >
      • Admissions & Discharges
      • Guideline to Surgical Admissions
    • Daily ICU review & care >
      • FAST HUGS IN BED PLEASE
      • Oxygen prescribing
      • Oxygen - Paediatric considerations
      • Care of the Invasively Ventilated Patient – Adult Patient (PROMPT)
      • Assessing for extubation
      • Nutrition in ICU
      • Thiamine prescribing
      • Patient Diaries
    • Drugs & Infusions >
      • Inpatient prescribing practices
      • Common ICU Drugs
      • Drug Infusions A-Z
      • Drugs by system/action >
        • Antibiotics
        • Diuretics
        • Antithrombotic therapy
        • Analgesics in ICU
        • Antipyretic
        • Anticonvulsants
        • Antiplatelets
        • Antihypertensives
        • Beta-blockers
        • Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
        • Aperients / Laxatives
        • Prokinetics
    • Care bundle >
      • Post-cardiac arrest care (TTM) (PROMPT)
      • Spinal Trauma- CPG's (includes cervical spine clearance) (PROMPT)
      • Management Of Uncontrolled, Life Threatening Bleeding (Massive Exsanguination) (PROMPT)
    • Clinical Protocols >
      • Stroke Protocol (SCV Oct 2018)
    • NIV >
      • Domiciliary (Home) non-invasive ventilation (NIV)/CPAP patients
      • NIV (PROMPT)
    • Tracheostomy Management
    • PICCO decision making tree
    • CRRT
    • Procedures
    • Care of the Dying Patient
    • Emergency calls to the helicopter pad
    • Transferring ICU patients >
      • Intra & Interhospital transfers
      • MRI transfers - special considerations
    • Organ & Tissue Donation
    • Welfare & other supports for patients and family >
      • Visiting times
      • Social work, pastoral care & aboriginal hospital liaison officer support
      • Interpreter services
      • Patient relations office
    • PROMPT
  • Professional development
    • Education & Training >
      • Learning and Training in ICU
      • ICU Education Curriculum
      • CICM Primary Exam education
    • Assessments, logbooks and mandatory training >
      • Procedures competency assessments / Logbook
      • Registrar Assessments and In-Training Evaluation Reports (ITERs)
      • Mandatory training for medical staff
    • Echocardiography in ICU
    • Crit-IQ
    • Other education opportunities
    • Mentorship
    • Looking after yourself and colleagues
    • BASIC Provider course
    • Paediatric BASIC provider course
    • Paediatric crit care education
    • Useful links and resources
  • Research/QI
    • Research >
      • STARRT AKI
      • SuDDICU
      • PLUS study
      • Recent Publications
    • Quality & Safety Audits >
      • Procedure database
      • NEAT Audit
      • ICU Discharge Audit
      • Documentation Audit
    • Administration for the ICU Procedural Database
  • Paediatric ICU
    • Introduction
    • PIPER Paediatric GO NOW Criteria
    • Criteria for admission of children to a regional hospital ICU or a paediatric ward HDU
    • Common Paediatric Conditions (SCV Guidelines) >
      • Asthma
      • Bronchiolitis >
        • Bronchiolitis
        • Respiratory Distress Score for monitoring patients with bronchiolitis on HFNC and CPAP
      • Croup
      • Diabetic ketoacidosis
      • Seizures >
        • Febrile seizures
        • Non-febrile seizures
      • The Septic Child >
        • Assessment & Management (SCV)
        • Criteria for rapid ICU admission of children with sepsis
    • Paediatric Crit Care Education >
      • ED/Paeds education sessions
      • Other paediatric crit care education opportunities
    • Paediatric Resus Card
  • Emergency!
    • Code Blue: ALS algorithms >
      • Adult ALS algorithm
      • Paediatric ALS algorithm
      • Obstetric cardiac arrest flowchart
    • Emergency algorithms/mnemonics >
      • Airway
      • Breathing
      • Circulation >
        • Management Of Uncontrolled, Life Threatening Bleeding (Massive Exsanguination) (PROMPT)
      • Disability
    • MET calls: common scenarios >
      • Staff concern
      • The Dying Patient
      • Hypoxic Type 1 Respiratory Failure
      • Hypercapnoeic Type 2 Respiratory Failure
      • Atrial Fibrillation
      • Hypotension and CV Shock
      • Altered consciousness
      • The Agitated Patient
      • Oliguria/Anuria
    • MET calls: resources
    • Paediatric Resus Card