Guidelines & Protocols

Clinical Guidelines & Protocols

All protocols are only for use within Raigmore Critical Care areas. They do not constitute medical advice and no responsibility is taken by the authors for any treatment decisions made.

Airway

• DAS / FICM critical care intubation guidelines
• Blocked Tracheostomy Algorithm
• Paediatric RSI checklist
• SETTING UP FOR PERCUTANOEUS TRACHEOSTOMY
• PERC TRACHY POLICY

Respiratory

• Asthma CEACCP
• bronchoscopy in ICU
• Referral for ECMO
• ECMO Cannulation and Retrieval Guidelines for Referring Hospitals 17.4.18
• Refractory Hypoxaemia
• APRV
• AIRWAY PRESSURE RELEASE VENTILATION 2011
• Proning checklist

Cardiovascular

• Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Critical Care
• Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Critical Care
• Fluid mmt in critical care
• lidco normal values
• LIDCO MONITORING

GI

• bowel management
• NG tubes
• Sengstaken Blakemore Tube – Quick Guide
• stress ulcer prophylaxis
• variceal haemorrhage
• Guidelines for enteral feeding in the perioperative period
• Oesophagectomy Intensive Care

Renal

Micro / sepsis

• Empiric Antibiotic Guidelines for ITU

Neuro

• Hypertonicsaline3sodiumchlorideguideline
• NMB in critical care
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Stroke secondary prevention
• Stroke Thrombolysis guidelines
• Acute treatment of ischaemic stroke
• DAILY SEDATION INTERRUPTION PROTOCOL UPDATED DEC 2016

Trauma / Haemorrhage

• Management of massive haemorrhage in adults flow sheet
• Tertiary survey
• Major Obstetric Haemorrhage_protocol_

Transfer

End of Life care

• NHS Blood and Transplant Brain Stem Death Diagnosis Videos
• Guide for DBD Organ retrieval
• VASOPRESSIN IN THE ORGAN DONOR
• WITHDRAWING TREATMENT GUIDANCE

Paediatrics

• croup
• Edinburgh Paediatric Table
• Paeds asthma guidelines
• paeds retrieval checks