FAST HUGS IN BED Please! ICU Patient Care, mnemonic

HOSPITAL MEDICINE, MNEMONICS

http://lifeinthefastlane.com/fast-hugs-in-bed-please/ FAST HUGS IN BED Please! Fluid therapy and feeding Analgesia, antiemetics and ADT (AAA) Sedation and  Spontaneous breathing trial Thromboprophylaxis Head up position (30 degrees) if intubated Ulcer prophylaxis...

Salter Harris Classification Mnemonic

MNEMONICS, MUSCULOSKELETAL

SALTER Straight across (Type I) – 5% of fractures are type I Above (Type II) – 75% of fractures are type II Lower or beLow (Type III) – 10% of fractures are type III Two or Through or Transverse ( Type IV) – 10% of fractures are type IV ERasure...

SSRI / SNRI mnemonics

MNEMONICS, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, PSYCHIATRY

SSRI (Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors) Drugs: Effective For Sadness, Panics, & Compulsions. Effective – Escitalopram For – Fluoxetine, Fluvoxamine Sadness – Sertraline Panic – Paroxetine Compulsions – Citalopram The mnemonic...

The diagnostic criteria for classic Kawasaki disease

Clinic A/P, Peds, Hospital A/P, Peds, MNEMONICS, Rheumatology and Immunology

CRASH & Burn the heart Imagine a 5 month to 5-year-old child riding a Kawasaki motorcycle. He is using his hands and feet to do it. He has been riding and burning for 5 days and is going to CRASH and burn his heart. Typical (Complete) Kawasaki The diagnostic...

PCMH: Patient-Centered Medical Home

MNEMONICS

Click to access PCMHJoint.pdf http://www.aafp.org/practice-management/transformation/pcmh.html Clinician (Physician)-led practice: Patients have access to a personal physician who leads the care team within a medical practice. Comprehensive & oriented towards...

Differential Diagnosis: VINDICATED MEN

MNEMONICS

Mechanisms of Disease To come up with a differential diagnosis, a preferred framework to use is: 1) an Anatomic framework, or 2) a Physiologic framework. However, I have found that applying a mechanisms-of-disease based approach within the context of an anatomic...