This document provides information on assessing and managing critically ill patients using the ABCDE approach. It discusses:
- Common early signs of critical illness including hypoxia and hypotension.
- The ABCDE approach which prioritizes establishing a patient's airway, breathing, circulation, disability level and exposure for examination.
- Techniques for assessing and intervening on airway, breathing and circulation issues including providing oxygen, treating underlying causes, and starting IV fluids.
- The importance of continuous reassessment, calling for help early, and following basic life support protocols when indicated to stabilize critically ill patients.
6. Safety
Treat life-threatening problems
Assess effects of treatment/interventions
Call for help early
Continuous assessment is very important
7. Causes of airway obstruction:
1. CNS depression
2. Blood
3. Vomit
4. Foreign body
5. Trauma
24. Follow the ABCDE in assessment of any
patient.
Assess and re-assess all the time.
Don’t delay Calling senior Help
25.
26. Basic Life Support
The ALS algorithm
Treatment of shockable and non-shockable rhythms
Potentially reversible causes of cardiac arrest
Role of resuscitation team
30. Patient response
Open airway
Look, Listen, Feel
Check for normal breathing
Caution agonal breathing
Check for signs of life
31. Pulse check if trained to do so
Take less than 10 seconds for
assessment
Call for help early
32.
33.
34. 30:2
Compressions
Centre of chest
5-6 cm depth
2 per second (100-120 min-1)
Maintain high quality compressions
with minimal interruption
Continuous compressions once
airway secured
Switch compression provider
every 2 min to avoid fatigue