Common ED Procedures
From Guide to YKHC Medical Practices
Procedural Sedation
Chest tubes
- We have a commercial kit for chest tube insertion along with a wide variety of chest tube sizes depending on the indication for the chest tube. Our inpatient unit will take care of our chest tube patients if admission at YKHC is indicated. Generally multi-system trauma patients are medevac’d to ANMC for management of their multiple injuries.
Intubations
- All intubated patients must be medevac’d to ANMC for ICU management. We do not have an ICU in Bethel and we do not have the resources to keep these patients.
- There is an adult and pediatric guideline that you are expected to follow.
- Intubation – Adult
- Intubation – Pediatric
Closed Fracture reductions
- This is a common procedure in our ED. The ortho docs will expect you to telerad both pre and post-reduction films when you have a displaced fracture.
- You need to use the ortho telerad form.