Emergency prompt cards (University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, 2019)

Summary

These prompt cards were developed by a team at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust to assist emergency department teams in dealing with:

• medical emergencies
• trauma transfers and briefings
• anaesthetics and resuscitation
• procedures
• medications
• clinical scores.

Content

The prompt cards cover:

Trauma transfers and briefings

• Chest Injuries/ Rib Fractures
• Thoracotomy in Trauma
• Burns Chart and Considerations
• Initial Management of Severe Burns
• Arrival Checks
• Pre- Transfer Checks
• Trauma Imaging / Interventional
• Radiology
• Trauma/ASHICE Briefing

Medical emergencies

• End of life care
• Post Exposure Prophalaxis
• Toxidromes
• Management of overdose
• Epistaxis pathway
• Emergency Laparotomy Assessment
• GI bleeds
• Eclamptic seizures
• Severe Pre-Eclampsia
• Malignant Hypertension
• Adrenal Insufficiency
• Prolonged Seizures/ Status Epilepticus
• Unexplained Hypotension
• Chest pain Pathway
• Life Threatening Asthma
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Massive Pulmonary Embolism
• Hyperkalemia
• Sepsis

Anaesthetics and resuscitation guidance

• ROTEM
• RIASTAP User Guide
• Code Red Haemhorage
• Guidance
• DAS can’t Intubate/Oxygenate
• Guidance
• Difficult Airway Society(DAS)
• Emergency RSI Checklist
• Checklist
• Rapid Sequence Induction (RSI)
• Anaphylaxis Algorithm
• Anaphylaxis
• External Pacing
• Adult Bradycardia Algorithm
• Emergency Direct Current
• Cardioversion
• Adult Tachycardia Algorithm
• Post resuscitation Care Algorithm
• Newborn life Support
• Peadiatric Major Haemhorrage
• Peadiatirc ALS
• Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Algorithm
• Adult ALS
• Sedation Checklist 
• ROTEM results and interpretation

Procedures

• Organ Donation
• Fascia Iliaca Block
• Chest Drain
• BTS Pneumothorax Guidence
• BiPAP Decision Tree & Setup
• Central Venous Catheter Insertion

Medications

• Starting Vasoactive Medication
• Octaplex for Warfarin Reversal
• Salbutamol Infusion
• Naloxone Infusion
• Labetalol Infusion
• Aminophylline Infusion

Clinical scores

• Wells Score for PE
• Wells Score for DVT
• of Pancreatitis
• Modified Glasgow Score for Severity
• HAS-BLED Score
• CURB-65
• CHA2DS2-VASc Score
• Admission Blatchford Score