DATE AND TIME: [Date and time]
URGENCY: Elective / Non-elective
SURGEON: [Name]
ASSISTANT: [Name / None]
ANAESTHETIST: [Name]
OPERATION: Brachial Embolectomy
ANAESTHETIC: General / regional / local anaesthesia
ANTIBIOTICS: [Drug and dose / Not indicated]
DVT PROPHYLAXIS: [Agent / mechanical / Not indicated]
POSITION: Supine, affected arm on arm board. Skin prepared from neck to hand. Fogarty catheters — multiple sizes available. Heparin 5000 IU administered on diagnosis.
INDICATION:
Acute upper limb ischaemia — embolic in origin. [Underlying cause: atrial fibrillation]. Heparin administered on diagnosis.