Medical Procedures | Life in the Fast Lane

	LITFL Links	External Links	Video/Images
Basics	General preparation for procedures Infection control/ standard precautions Administer injections	Teaching procedures
Anaesthetics	Local anaesthetic infiltration	Chemical sedation options Laryngoscope lifting strength Digital nerve block
AIRWAY		Laryngoscope lifting strength PPV with BVM	Orotracheal Intubation Cricothyrotomy Tracheal Tube Introducer (Bougie) Nasogastric Intubation
BREATHING	Pleural tap Chest drain insertion and removal	Thoracentesis	Tube Thoracostomy Chest-Tube Insertion
CIRCULATION	Cardiac monitoring and ECG		Transvenous pacemaker
Vascular	Venepuncture Peripheral venous cannulation Arterial puncture Blood cultures Central venous cannulation	Intraosseous Access Arterial Line Umbilical Vascular Catheterization	Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation Central Venous Catheterisation (internal jugular) - (subclavian) - (femoral)
Wounds		Preventing tissue adhesive seepage	Abscess Incision and Drainage Laceration Repair
ENT	Pleural tap Chest drain insertion and removal Tooth Avulsion	Anaesthetizing the nasopharyngeal tract Peritonsilar abscess needle aspiration	Epistaxis, anterior Epistaxis, posterior
Gastrointestinal	Paracentesis	Oesophageal foreign bodies - low tech	Paracentesis
Neurology	Lumbar puncture		Lumbar Puncture
Musculoskeletal	Joint aspiration Subungual hematoma drainage Paronychia drainage Boxer's Fracture Nail Gun injuries	Splinting Techniques Subungual Hematoma	Arthrocentesis Arthrocentesis (Knee)
Genitourinary		Urethral Catheterization, male Urethral Catheterization, female
Ophthalmology		Retinal detachment - USS
Other	Cactus Spine Removal	Abscess odour minimisation	Endometrial Biopsy Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy

Resources:

Tricks of the Trade from Academic Life in Emergency Medicine

Emergent Procedures Instructional Collaboration (EPIC) - A superb set of free-to-watch instructional videos created by Ernest Wang, as published inAcademic Emergency Medicine

NEJM Videos in Clinical Medicine [subscription required] - High-quality instructional videos on the following procedures: