GEMC:Procedures and Skills 1

General

This the main page for the Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum Project's Procedures and Skills 1 section. For point of care treatment information see the respective category page and non-GEMC notes.

1. Vital Signs and Patient Monitoring Techniques
   1. Vital Signs Measurement
   2. Devices for Assessing Oxygenation and Ventilation
2. Respiratory Procedures
   1. Basic Airway Management and Decision Making
   2. Tracheal Intubation
   3. Pharmacologic Adjuncts to Intubation
   4. Cricothyrotomy and Percutaneous Translaryngeal Ventilation
   5. Tracheostomy Care
   6. Mechanical Ventilation
   7. Thoracentesis
   8. Tube Thoracostomy
3. Cardiac Procedures
   1. Techniques for Supraventricular Tachycardias
   2. Defibrillation and Cardioversion
   3. Assessment of Implantable Devices
   4. Basic Electrocardiographic Techniques
   5. Emergency Cardiac Pacing
   6. Pericardiocentesis
   7. Artificial Perfusion during Cardiac Arrest
   8. Resuscitative Thoracotomy
4. Vascular Techniques and Volume Support
   1. Pediatric Vascular Access and Blood Sampling Techniques
   2. Arterial Puncture and Cannulation
   3. Peripheral Intravenous Access
   4. Central Venous Catheterization and Central Venous Pressure Monitoring
   5. Venous Cutdown
   6. Indwelling Vascular Devices: Emergency Access and Management
   7. Intraosseous Infusion
   8. Alternative Methods of Drug Administration
   9. Autotransfusion
   10. Transfusion Therapy: Blood and Blood Products
5. Anesthetic and Analgesic Techniques
   1. Local and Topical Anesthesia
   2. Regional Anesthesia of the Head and Neck
   3. Nerve Blocks of the Thorax and Extremities
   4. Intravenous Regional Anesthesia*
   5. Systemic Analgesia and Sedation for Procedures