REFERENCE

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Resuscitation & airway — CICO · Trach · Tonsil

55 values across 14 cards. Rows check off; per-kg doses compute on the weight.

OPEN THE LIVE PATHWAY — ADULT ARREST — THE WORKING ENGINE▸OPEN THE LIVE PATHWAY — TCA — THE WORKING ENGINE▸
— kgdrives every per-kg dose below
no scale? APLS estimate — prefer a measured weight
Resuscitation check — ROSC?3OPEN THE LIVE PATHWAY — TCA — THE RESUSCITATION CHECK▸
SOURCES ▸
  • v1 tca/index.html PERFUSING_YES (harvest tca-perfusing-yes)
  • v1 tca/index.html PERFUSING_NO (harvest tca-perfusing-no)
Proceed to induction — the CICO trigger1OPEN THE LIVE PATHWAY — RSI — THE WORKING ENGINE▸
SOURCES ▸
  • DAS 2025 (harvest codes-c06-cico-trigger)
Declare CICO2OPEN THE LIVE PATHWAY — CICO — THE FONA SEQUENCE▸
SOURCES ▸
  • DAS 2025 Plan D (harvest airway-planD-block-kit)
  • DAS 2025 Plan D kit, the local Plan D tray (harvest airway-fona-kit-config)
Tracheostomy emergency — NTSP patent upper airway12OPEN THE LIVE PATHWAY — TRACH EMERGENCY — THE WORKING ENGINE▸
SOURCES ▸
  • McGrath BA, Bates L, Atkinson D, Moore JA. Multidisciplinary guidelines for the management of tracheostomy and laryngectomy airway emergencies. Anaesthesia 2012;67(9):1025-41. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07217.x (NTSP)
  • Mitchell RB, Hussey HM, Setzen G, et al. Clinical Consensus Statement: Tracheostomy Care. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013;148(1):6-20. doi:10.1177/0194599812460376
Laryngectomy — the stoma is the only airway3OPEN THE LIVE PATHWAY — LARYNGECTOMY — THE WORKING ENGINE▸
SOURCES ▸
  • McGrath BA, Bates L, Atkinson D, Moore JA. Multidisciplinary guidelines for the management of tracheostomy and laryngectomy airway emergencies. Anaesthesia 2012;67(9):1025-41. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07217.x (NTSP)
Tracheostomy bleeding — tracheoinnominate until proven otherwise3OPEN THE LIVE PATHWAY — TRACH BLEEDING — THE WORKING ENGINE▸
SOURCES ▸
  • Bontempo LJ, Manning SL. Tracheostomy Emergencies. Emerg Med Clin North Am 2019;37(1):109-19. doi:10.1016/j.emc.2018.09.010
Tracheostomy tube out — dislodged / decannulated3OPEN THE LIVE PATHWAY — TUBE OUT — THE WORKING ENGINE▸
SOURCES ▸
  • Bontempo LJ, Manning SL. Tracheostomy Emergencies. Emerg Med Clin North Am 2019;37(1):109-19. doi:10.1016/j.emc.2018.09.010
Child with a tracheostomy — tube change first2OPEN THE LIVE PATHWAY — CHILD WITH A TRACH — THE WORKING ENGINE▸
SOURCES ▸
  • Doherty C, Neal R, English C, et al. Multidisciplinary guidelines for the management of paediatric tracheostomy emergencies. Anaesthesia 2018;73(11):1400-17. doi:10.1111/anae.14307 (NTSP paediatric)
Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage — first look4
SOURCES ▸
  • Children's Minnesota. Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage, Age <25 years. ED clinical guideline, rev 05/26 (chmn-pth; accessed 2026-09-15). Urgent-ENT triggers: Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Guideline 2020-158 v1, 2020 (schn-pth; accessed 2026-09-15).
  • Children's Minnesota. Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage, Age <25 years. ED clinical guideline, rev 05/26 (chmn-pth; accessed 2026-09-15).
  • Sethi D, Smith J. Anaesthesia for Bleeding Tonsil. WFSA ATOTW 044, 2008 (wfsa-bleeding-tonsil; accessed 2026-09-15). The two roles: Ruled for this manual, 2026-09-22 (issue 25).
  • WikEM. Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage (wikem-pth; accessed 2026-09-15). Ruled for this manual, 2026-09-22 (issue 25).
Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage — the calls4
SOURCES ▸
  • Children's Minnesota. Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage, Age <25 years. ED clinical guideline, rev 05/26 (chmn-pth; accessed 2026-09-15).
  • Helman A. Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage: A Three-Pronged Approach. ACEP Now, 2025 (acepnow-pth; accessed 2026-09-15).
  • Iowa Head and Neck Protocols. Tonsillectomy Bleed Management, updated 2025 (iowa-pth; accessed 2026-09-15). The 20-minute recheck: Children's Minnesota. Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage, Age <25 years. ED clinical guideline, rev 05/26 (chmn-pth; accessed 2026-09-15).
Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage — volume and blood7
SOURCES ▸
  • Children's Minnesota. Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage, Age <25 years. ED clinical guideline, rev 05/26 (chmn-pth; accessed 2026-09-15).
  • Children's Minnesota. Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage, Age <25 years. ED clinical guideline, rev 05/26 (chmn-pth; accessed 2026-09-15). Matches peds-p02-crystalloid.
  • Sethi D, Smith J. Anaesthesia for Bleeding Tonsil. WFSA ATOTW 044, 2008 (wfsa-bleeding-tonsil; accessed 2026-09-15).
  • Lee AC, Haché M. Int J Gen Med. 2022;15:63-69 (lee-hache-pth; accessed 2026-09-15).
  • Ruled for this manual, 2026-09-22 (issue 25).
Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage — stopping the bleeding4
SOURCES ▸
  • Fadhlillah F. Post-tonsillectomy Bleed. RCEMLearning, 2022 (rcem-pth; accessed 2026-09-15). No soaking agent is named: Ruled for this manual, 2026-09-22 (issue 25).
  • WikEM. Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage (wikem-pth; accessed 2026-09-15). Ruled for this manual, 2026-09-22 (issue 25).
  • Children's Minnesota. Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage, Age <25 years. ED clinical guideline, rev 05/26 (chmn-pth; accessed 2026-09-15). Over at least 10 minutes: Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Guideline 2020-158 v1, 2020 (schn-pth; accessed 2026-09-15).
  • Children's Minnesota. Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage, Age <25 years. ED clinical guideline, rev 05/26 (chmn-pth; accessed 2026-09-15).
Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage — the airway4OPEN THE LIVE PATHWAY — TONSIL BLEED — THE AIRWAY▸
SOURCES ▸
  • Sethi D, Smith J. Anaesthesia for Bleeding Tonsil. WFSA ATOTW 044, 2008 (wfsa-bleeding-tonsil; accessed 2026-09-15).
  • Helman A. Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage: A Three-Pronged Approach. ACEP Now, 2025 (acepnow-pth; accessed 2026-09-15).
Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage — after3
SOURCES ▸
  • Sethi D, Smith J. Anaesthesia for Bleeding Tonsil. WFSA ATOTW 044, 2008 (wfsa-bleeding-tonsil; accessed 2026-09-15). Primary vs secondary, medications, bleeding history: Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Guideline 2020-158 v1, 2020 (schn-pth; accessed 2026-09-15).
  • Ruled for this manual, 2026-09-22 (issue 25).
  • Mitchell RB, Archer SM, Ishman SL, et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019;160(1_suppl):S1-S42 (aaohns-tonsil; read 2026-09-22).

Checks, weight and timers stay on this phone — no names, no record numbers, nothing leaves the device. Verbatim from the v1 harvest (@ ee60d25). Contested values were ruled 2026-08-25 — the ruling wins over anything shown here that lost. Each card's sources sit closed at its foot.