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20 days · 5 algorithm cards

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 or PMID. No account, nothing saved.

  1. Day 01 Residual block is common, invisible, and dangerous draftconsensus only
  2. Day 02 Upper airway obstruction presents as a falling saturation draftconsensus only
  3. Day 03 Supplemental oxygen hides hypoventilation draftconsensus only also: methaemoglobinaemia
  4. Day 04 PACU discharge is a handoff into the window where respiratory depression happens draftconsensus only
  5. Day 05 Postoperative hypotension is a dose draftconsensus only
  6. Day 06 Postoperative hypertension is a sign before it is a number draftconsensus only
  7. Day 07 Hypothermia has trial evidence, and the trials disagree drafttrial based also: malignant hyperthermia presenting late in the PACU
  8. Day 08 Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery is silent draftconsensus only
  9. Day 09 Antiemetic prophylaxis multiplies, and rescue changes class drafttrial based
  10. Day 10 PACU opioid titration not yet authored
  11. Day 11 The blocked limb, the contested question, and the late toxicity draftconsensus only
  12. Day 12 Delirium screening starts in the PACU draftconsensus only
  13. Day 13 Delayed emergence not yet authored
  14. Day 14 The OSA discharge rule is real, and its timing is undefined draftconsensus only
  15. Day 15 Voiding and drinking are habits, not discharge criteria draftconsensus only
  16. Day 16 Handover is a transfer of responsibility, and half the items still go missing drafttrial based
  17. Day 17 Postoperative urinary retention not yet authored
  18. Day 18 Post-dural puncture headache not yet authored
  19. Day 19 Positioning injuries not yet authored
  20. Day 20 Anaphylaxis in the PACU not yet authored

Algorithm cards

Standalone bedside cards. Each step cites its source, like any day.

  1. Card Delayed emergence not yet authored · from Day 13
  2. Card Postoperative hypoxaemia not yet authored · from Day 3
  3. Card PACU hypotension not yet authored · from Day 5
  4. Card PACU hypertension not yet authored · from Day 6
  5. Card Laryngospasm not yet authored · from Day 2