Procedural Skills in the ER
Activity
Clinical Exposure
Clinical Exposure
Demonstrate competency in performing the following procedural skills (including indications, contraindications).
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Cardiac monitor lead placement and the use of a cardiac defibrillator for pacing / cardioversion / defibrillation.
- Peripheral IV start
- Place patient on oxygen (nasal prongs, non rebreather mask)
- Local anesthetic infiltration
- Place patient on pulse oximeter
- Apply an extremity plaster splint
- Suturing simple laceration
- CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
- Perform basic airway maneuvers (head tilt, chin lift, jaw thrust, oral/nasal airway insertion, BMV)
- Perform wound cleansing and simple dressing.
- 12 lead EKG (15 lead optional)
Assessments
Preceptor Evaluation
Tags
AFMC National Clinical Skills
Bag-mask ventilation with an oral and nasal airway
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)
I.V. line insertion
IM, subcutaneous and intradermal injection
Procedural Skills
Use oximeter to measure oxygen saturation
Wound closure including suturing superficial skin wound and/or incision; aseptic techniques
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Emergency Medicine Rotation
Discipline
Emergency Medicine
MCC Presentations
Cardiac Arrest
Skin Wounds
MeSH
Airway Management [E02.041]
Anesthetics, Local [D27.505.696.277.100.200]
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation [E02.365.647.110]
Casts, Surgical [E07.858.442.660.414]
Electrocardiography [E01.370.370.380.240]
Emergency Medicine [H02.403.250]
Infusions, Intravenous [E05.300.510.590]
Orthopedic Fixation Devices [E07.858.442.660]
Oximetry [E01.370.225.124.100.100.600]
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy [E02.880.690]
Resuscitation [E02.365.647]
Splints [E07.858.442.660.845]
Suture Techniques [E04.987.775]
Wound Healing [G16.100.856.891]
