Medical Procedures

How to perform lumbar punctures, ascitic taps, pleural drains, suturing and everything in between

• Gastroenterology
  • Ascitic aspiration (diagnostic paracentesis/ascitic tap)
  • Ascitic drain insertion (therapeutic paracentesis)
    • Interpreting sample results in ascites
• Respiratory
  • Non-invasive ventilation
    • How to start patients on NIV (CPAP and BiPAP)
  • For effusions
    • Pleural aspiration (thoracocentesis/pleural tap)
    • Intercostal drain (chest drain/pleural drain) insertion for effusion
    • Pleurodesis
      • Questions about pleurodesis
      • Pleurodesis flow chart
  • For pneumothoraces
    • Pneumothorax aspiration (needle thoracocentesis)
    • Intercostal drain (chest drain/pleural drain) insertion for pneumothorax
• Neurology
  • Lumbar puncture
    • Interpreting CSF results post-LP

• Local anaesthesia
  • Local anaesthetics and when to use them
  • Pharmacology of local anaesthetics
• Suturing
  • How to suture (basics)
  • Suturing techniques (different types of suture with videos)
  • Suture materials and when to use them
  • Suture sizes and when to use them
  • When to give tetanus vaccination and toxoid

• Nasogastric (NG) tubes
  • NG tube placement
    • How to check NG tube position
    • Questions about NG tube placement
• Lines and gases
  • Intravenous cannulation
  • Central line (central venous catheter) insertion
  • Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) sampling
• Emergency procedures
  • DC cardioversion
• ENT (otolaryntology)
  • Otoscopy
• Airway management for OSCEs and PACES
  • Nasopharyngeal airway (NPA) – with video
  • Oropharyngeal airway (e.g. Guedel airway) – with video
  • Supraglottic airway (e.g. laryngeal mask airway [LMA], i-Gel) – with video
  • Endotracheal tube (ETT) – with video
  • Tracheostomy – with video