Cricoid pressure application by intensive care nurses

Cricoid pressure.

PURPOSE Although cricoid pressure (CP) is a superficially simple and appropriate mechanical method to protect the patient from regurgitation and gastric insufflation, in practice it is a complex manoeuvre which is difficult to perform optimally. The purpose of this review is to examine and evaluate studies on the application of (CP). It deals with anatomical and physiological considerations, te...

Knowledge and Attitude of Intensive Care Nurses regarding the Prevention of Pressure Ulcer

Background & Aim: Pressure ulcers are one of the indicators of the quality of nursing and health care. Nurses, as one of the main members of the health team, play an important role in the prevention of pressure ulcer in health care centers. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of nurses in preventing pressure ulcer. Materials & Methods: This descriptiv...

Measuring Intensive Care Nurses’ Perspectives

http://ajcc.aacnjournals.org • BACKGROUND Attempts to improve end-of-life care increasingly focus on family-centered care, but few validated assessment tools exist. • OBJECTIVES To evaluate 3 new short questionnaires measuring nurses’ perspectives on family-centered end-of-life care in the intensive care unit and to show the usefulness of the questionnaires. • METHODS Principal components analy...

Cricoid pressure: the argument against

Cricoid pressure – friend or foe?

Cricoid pressure was described by Sellick [1] over 40 years ago to reduce the probability of the aspiration of gastric contents onto the pulmonary tree. It subsequently became part of the technique termed rapid sequence intubation and is used in most countries of the world as an integral part of the emergency induction of anaesthesia. Its introduction into clinical practice followed a simple te...