Skills

Technical skills are generally part of every day life of an AG-ACNP. During the skills labs on August 30 and November 29 you will be experiencing the psychomotor part of these skills. Watch the videos and do readings in this module in preparation.

Throughout your clinical as you have the opportunity to do some of these skills you might want to review that procedure here before doing it - so consider it a reference.

Library access to Bedside Procedures in the ICU by Falter which also may be helpful. Link

Students also have liked to purchase Tarason Medical Procedures pocketbook but it is not required.

The skills we will practice are:

Endotracheal intubation

Lumbar puncture

Central line (IJ) insertion

Chest tube insertion

Arterial line insertion

Easy IO

Pericentesis

Incision and Drain

Punch biopsy