Request the patient sit up to improve lung mechanics and functional residual capacity.

Request high flow oxygen via Hudson mask.

Ask if a code blue or MET call needs to be called.

You get a call from the nurse stating your 60yo male patient has decreased oxygen saturations to 92% 1 day after his total knee replacement. What are the common problems?Ĭomplete the following exercise to diagnose and manage the common problems Hypoxaemia The common problems that we solve daily in anaesthetics in very unwell patients with significantly altered physiology, have remarkable overlap with the problems you will be asked to solve for ward patients.

And the ability to solve common problems.īy competently and safely solving the common problems, you will not only have more time to learn the knowledge and specialized skills of your particular unit but also give your patients better care.Practical skills such as IV cannulation, urinary catheter insertion, and obtaining arterial blood gas.One way that you can tackle this is to become competent and efficient at those tasks that will be commonly asked of you.

Lack of knowledge in very specialized units.The major challenges that I believe most interns face are Clinical practice is very different to being a student in university or on the wards.

Internship will be one of the most difficult transitions you’ll have to do as a medical doctor. Identify the critical causes not to be misses.To develop a list of differential diagnosis for each presentation.To develop a thorough system for diagnosing and managing common problems.Click to download this as a PDF Document Objectives

Shunt vs dead space clinical conditions