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20 days · 5 algorithm cards · 24 of 25 cleared

PACU rotation curriculum

One page per day. Each day states a claim, names the evidence mode it rests on, and cites every number to a source ledger entry with a DOI, a PubMed identifier, or a regulatory or society document. No account, nothing saved.

  1. Day 01 Residual block is common, invisible, and dangerous clearedconsensus only
  2. Day 02 Airway obstruction is usually obvious, and the rest presents as desaturation clearedconsensus only
  3. Day 03 Supplemental oxygen hides hypoventilation clearedconsensus only also: methemoglobinemia
  4. Day 04 PACU discharge is a handoff into the window where respiratory depression happens clearedconsensus only
  5. Day 05 Postoperative hypotension is a dose clearedconsensus only
  6. Day 06 Postoperative hypertension is a sign before it is a number clearedconsensus only
  7. Day 07 Hypothermia has trial evidence, and the trials disagree clearedtrial based also: malignant hyperthermia presenting late in the PACU
  8. Day 08 Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery is silent clearedconsensus only
  9. Day 09 Two interventions for every adult, and rescue changes class clearedtrial based
  10. Day 10 In opioid titration, sedation is not the endpoint clearedconsensus only
  11. Day 11 The blocked limb, the contested question, and the late toxicity clearedconsensus only
  12. Day 12 Postoperative delirium in the PACU clearedconsensus only
  13. Day 13 Delayed emergence is worked through in order clearedconsensus only
  14. Day 14 The OSA discharge rule is real, and its timing is undefined clearedconsensus only
  15. Day 15 Voiding and drinking are habits, not discharge criteria clearedconsensus only
  16. Day 16 Handover is a transfer of responsibility, and half the items still go missing clearedtrial based
  17. Day 17 Urinary retention is common, silent, and found with a scanner clearedconsensus only
  18. Day 18 Post-dural puncture headache has a window, a ladder, and a red flag clearedconsensus only
  19. Day 19 Positioning injuries declare themselves after the PACU clearedconsensus only
  20. Day 20 Anaphylaxis presents as hypotension, and the dose follows the grade clearedconsensus only

Algorithm cards

Standalone bedside cards, drawn from their day. A step that rests on a source carries its citation; a step that does not says so.

  1. Card Delayed emergence cleared
  2. Card Postoperative hypoxemia cleared
  3. Card PACU hypotension cleared
  4. Card PACU hypertension cleared
  5. Card Laryngospasm draft