Clinical Procedure
 
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Have all your emergency drugs and sedation drugs drawn up an aliquoted for easy administration and placed within easy reach.

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30-90mins

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Ensure you know your intravenous access well because as soon as the patient is draped you will lose reliable access to them to troubleshoot.

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Make sure you test your drug line and volume line and try to make sure it is as simple as possible to minimise the risk of administration error (eg drug going back up another line rather than into the patient)

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Check the position of the ETT on the CXR because it may be withdrawn slightly after the shoulder roll is placed due to extension of the neck.

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You will be asked to assess adequacy of ventilation when the ECMO flow is dialed down as part of the process of gauging suitability for decannulation.
Set reasonable ventilation parameters to achieve 6ml/kg tidal volumes.

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Perform a CXR following the procedure.

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