Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Index
Station Page
I Blood Sample 9
II Blood Culture 15
III IV Cannulation 20
IV ABG 26
V Catheterization 31
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Blood procedures
- Blood Sampling
- Blood Culture
- IV Cannulation
- ABG
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IPS
Body language
- Confident, active, and energetic outside. Calm, structured and
organized inside.
- Loud, clear, and articulate.
- Good posture (do not shake or cross your legs or arms)
- Take care of your involuntary hand movements.
Verbal “ICE”
• Remember that picking up on non-verbal cues is of extreme
importance, so comment on any action that you notice from the
patient.
• IPS goes throughout the station even while you are doing the
procedure, so please walk the patient through every step as you are
doing it.
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General Structure of blood procedure stations:
History Taking:
2) Start the station well (by showing you have read the stem and know the
patient’s condition, not with “how can I help you”
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6) Explain the PPECC (Procedure, Position, Exposure, Chaperone, Consent)
- Position: Can you please straighten your elbow/ wrist for me.
8) Do not forget to inform the patient that if you fail, you may need to
repeat the procedure.
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Procedure:
❖ Torniquet (pay attention to tie the torniquet above the cubital fossa)
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Management
❖ Management
Sit down and discuss with the patient the management details specific
to each station
❖ Safety net
1. about the procedure itself (any bleeding, swelling or soreness)
2. about the patient’s general condition.
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Blood Sampling (Venipuncture)
History Taking:
2) Start the station well (I can see from my notes that you are here as you
have taken some PCM tablets)
• IPS:
- Pick up on non-verbal cues (if the patient is looking at the ground
or avoiding eye contact)
- Build Rapport. Show sympathy and empathy
- Reassure by giving confidentiality
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3) Why? & Why?
- My consultant has asked me to take a blood sample from you to
test for the level of PCM in your blood
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7) Ask about any arm soreness and any arm preference.
8) Do not forget to inform the patient that if you fail, you may need to
repeat the procedure.
Procedure:
❖ Prepare your equipment in your clean area, then put them on your
tray:
- Partially open the alcohol swab
- Remove the grey (white) cap from the needle and discard it. Then
attach the needle to the vacutainer.
- Loosen up the other cap (The green cap) slightly and keep it aside ready
for the procedure.
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Management
❖ Management
Sit down and discuss with the patient the management details:
• Keep in the observation unit
• Investigations
- FBC, LFT, RFT
- Coagulation profile
- Plasma PCM concentration (81mg/l)
• Treatment
Interpret the results of the PCM concentration on the PCM chart
➢ If above the t.t line: N-acetyl cysteine- takes about 21 hours
❖ Safety net
3. about the procedure itself (any bleeding, swelling or soreness)
4. about the patient’s general condition (Tummy pain, vomiting,
confusion, drowsiness, yellowish discoloration...)
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Blood Culture
History Taking:
2) Start the station well (I can see from my notes that you have been
admitted here for an operation to remove your appendix 3 days ago)
• IPS:
- Pick up on non-verbal cues (if the patient is in pain or looking
unwell)
- Build Rapport. Ask about the hospital stay.
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3) Why? & Why?
- My consultant has asked me to take a blood sample from you to
send it for culture to test for the specific bug causing your
symptoms.
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7) Ask about any arm soreness and any arm preference.
8) Do not forget to inform the patient that if you fail, you may need to
repeat the procedure.
Procedure:
❖ Prepare your equipment in your clean area, then put them on your
tray:
- Partially open the alcohol swabs
- Remove the grey (white) cap from the needle and discard it. Then
attach the needle to the vacutainer.
- Loosen up the other cap (The green cap) slightly and keep it aside ready
for the procedure.
- Culture Bottles: * Check the expiry date
* Flip off the caps
*Clean the tops of the bottles each with a different
chlorhexidine wipes
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❖ Gloves: Assume you are wearing gloves
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Management
❖ Management
Sit down and discuss with the patient the management details:
• Keep in the observation unit
• Investigations
- FBC, LFT, RFT
- Lactate level
- Monitor Urine output
• Treatment
- PCM for the fever
- Start on Broad Spectrum Antibiotic and change it once the
results of the culture come back.
❖ Safety net
- about the procedure itself (any bleeding, swelling or soreness)
- about the patient’s general condition (Tummy pain, discharge,
bleeding from the operation site, constipation, if fever does not
resolve…)
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IV Cannulation
History Taking:
2) Start the station well (I can see from my notes that you have been
undergone an operation to remove your appendix a few hours ago)
• IPS:
- Pick up on non-verbal cues (the patient will be in pain)
- Build Rapport.
- Ask how the operation went.
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3) Why? & Why?
- My consultant has asked me to change your blocked cannula to
give medications and fluids
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6. Ask about any arm soreness and tell him as he has a blocked
cannula, you will be inserting the cannula in the other arm.
7. Do not forget to inform the patient that if you fail, you may
need to repeat the procedure.
Procedure:
❖ Remove the blocked cannula, discard it into the waste bin and ask the
patient to press the cotton down.
❖ Prepare your equipment in your clean area, then put them in your tray:
- Partially open the alcohol swabs
- Make cannula ready to use, remove the stopper, loosen the cap on top
and loosed the cap covering the needle and place in your tray.
- Prepare the Tegaderm: Take the 3 stickers off and stick them on the
side of the tray.
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❖ Gloves: Assume you are wearing gloves
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❖ Label
- Fix the Tegaderm on securely and verbalize labeling the date and
time and discard your waste.
Management
❖ Management
Sit down and discuss with the patient the management details:
Examination:
Vitals- respiratory depression (because of Morphine)
GPE- shock/dehydration
Operation site
Abdominal examination- internal bleeding
• Investigations
- FBC, LFT, RFT
- Coagulation profile
- Monitor Urine output
• Treatment
➢ For the pain: according to the patient’s charts and the last dose of
morphine
o If he is on 5 mg IV morphine 4 hourly and his last dose was 1 hour
ago, then no morphine but we give instead 1g IV PCM
o Check vitals- RR before giving morphine
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➢ If still in pain:
o Encourage to wait for some time- reassess in 10-15 mins
o PRN Naloxone (100-200microgram)
❖ Safety net
- about the procedure itself (any bleeding, swelling or soreness)
- about the patient’s general condition (Tummy pain, discharge,
bleeding from the operation site, constipation, if pain does not
resolve…)
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Arterial Blood Gases
History Taking:
2) Start the station well (I can see from my notes that you are here as you
have been having some shortness of breath.)
* Check if the patient is on oxygen already
• IPS:
- Pick up on non-verbal cues (if the patient is looking is SOB)
- Build Rapport.
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3) Why? & Why?
- My consultant has asked me to take a sample to test for the level
of gases of your blood.
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7) Ask about any arm soreness and any arm preference.
8) Do not forget to inform the patient that if you fail, you may need to
repeat the procedure.
Procedure:
❖ Perform the modified Allen’s test: This test involves the assessment of
the arterial supply to the hand.
If the reperfusion time is less than 7 seconds, I will continue with the
procedure.
❖ Prepare your equipment in your clean area, then put them on your
tray:
- Partially open the alcohol swab
- Loosen up the cap slightly and keep it aside ready for the procedure.
- Keep the green stopper in the tray.
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❖ Clean Prick Collect
- Locate the Radial pulse by palpating over the artery using 3
fingers of your left hand (index, middle and ring fingers).
If you do not feel the pulse inform the examiner, as the
mannequin has a palpable pulse in the exam. Simply say: “I can’t
feel the Radial pulse.”
- Sterilize the area: Put 3 fingers of your left hand over the Radial
artery. Then remove only your middle finger (backwards) and
clean the area using an alcohol swab with a single stroke. Keep
that hand fixed.
- With the other hand, remove the cap to reveal the needle, and
discard the cap. Then warn the patient and prick at a degree
between 45 to 90 degrees holding the needle like a pen.
- Keep the needle fixed and secure all the time.
- Once inside the artery, the syringe should begin to self-fill. The
arterial pressure will cause the blood to fill the syringe
automatically.
- Withdraw about 1cc of Blood.
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- Verbalize labeling the sample with the patient’s details (Mention
oxygen saturation) and verbalize sending it to the lab by yourself
immediately.
Management
❖ Management
Sit down and discuss with the patient the management details:
• Keep in the observation unit
Take the patient’s observations including the O2 saturation
• Treatment
➢ Oxygen
❖ Safety net
- about the procedure itself (any bleeding, swelling or soreness)
- about the patient’s general condition (chest pain, cough, fever,...)
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Male Urethral Catheterization
Who you are
- You are FY2 in A&E department
Who the patient is
- Tony Samson, 41-year-old male who has presented with an abdominal
discomfort
Other information
- None
Special Note
- None
What you must do
- Take focused history, perform the emergency management, and address
the patient’s concerns
History talking
2) Start the station well (I can see from my notes that you are here as you
are having some abdominal discomfort.)
• IPS:
- Pick up on non-verbal cues (if the patient is holding his tummy in
pain)
- Build Rapport.
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P1 Explore the main complaint
1) Pain: SOCRATES
2) Ask about waterworks (and when was the last time he has passed
urine)
Examination
▪ Vitals
▪ GPE- blood on the meatus
▪ Abdominal examination
Provisional Diagnosis
From the information you have given me and according to my examinations
(Always briefly mention the positive findings you have found in history and
Examination), I am suspecting that you have a urinary retention.
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Procedure
Explain that in order to relieve the patient’s pain or discomfort, you will need
to insert a catheter
Explain PPECC:
- Procedure: I will be inserting a thin rubber tube into your penis. It
will be a bit uncomfortable, but I will be as quick and gentle as
possible.
- Position: lie flat on your back with your legs slightly separated
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❖ Prepare your equipment
- Keep the catheter ready for insertion: Remove outer packaging
and take the tip of catheter few centimeters out from the inner
packaging using non-touch technique.
- Place the kidney tray between the patient’s thighs.
❖ Cleaning:
- With the help of a sterile forceps place a piece of gauze over the
shaft of the penis. Dispose the plastic forceps into clinical waste
bin.
- Hold the penis with your left (non-dominant) hand and make
sure that you do not leave it until you have fully inserted the
catheter. This hand is contaminated and should now not touch
the aseptic trolley.
- Using your right hand and with the help of a sterile forceps pick
up a cotton piece, soak it into normal saline/antiseptic solution
and clean the penis in concentric circles beginning at the glans
penis, and moving progressively outwards (Use 3 cotton pieces,
make each circle with one swab to clean the glans and the whole
area around the glans). Dispose the plastic forceps and cotton
pieces into the clinical waste bin.
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❖ Insert the anesthetic gel
- Explain to the patient that you are going to insert some
anesthetic gel to make the procedure more comfortable
- While you are holding the base of the glans with your left hand,
apply gentle upward traction to the penis and insert the exposed
catheter tip into the urethral meatus with your right hand.
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❖ Inflating the catheter balloon:
- Once fully inserted, attach the distilled water syringe to the
balloon port of the catheter. Insert about 5ml of distilled water
slowly while looking at the patient’s face to check for any pain or
resistance. Then inject the rest of distilled water, ensuring that it
does not cause any pain.
- Dispose the syringe into the clinical waste bin. Once the balloon
is fully inflated, gently pull on the catheter until resistance is felt.
- If the mannequin had foreskin, replace/reposition the patient’s
retracted foreskin and discard the gauze you were using to hold
the shaft of the penis into the clinical waste bin. Hold the Y
junction with your left hand.
- Remove the cap from the tubing and plug the plastic tube end into
the catheter, ensuring a tight seal.
- Place the urine bag below the level of the patient. “Ideally I would
place the urine bag below the level of my patient and I will stick the
catheter on the thigh.”
- Tear the drape and dispose it into the clinical waste bin. However, in
the exam you will be asked not to do so.
- Dispose of equipment into the clinical waste bin.
- Clean the patient and ensure his dignity by making sure that he is
comfortable and covered: Thank the patient and ask him to dress up.
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❖ Label:
- Record the date and time of insertion, size of catheter and volume
and color of urine drained.
After evacuating the urine,
the Blood pressure may fall
Management
• Shift to the observation unit
• Senior
• Investigations:
- Bloods , RFT
- Ultrasound
- Monitor urinary output
• Symptomatic treatment:
- PCM if still in pain after the procedure
- IV fluids if blood pressure after the procedure is low
- Medication to relax the neck of bladder
- Antibiotics if there is a UTI
• Specialist (Urologist)
• Safety net:
- Any pain, burning sensation or fever
- Blockage of the catheter
- If blood is noticed in the catheter.
- If the catheter is full.
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