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The one-page everything card

Figure brief · not yet drawn

a single taped card holding the ten rules in the upper portion of the page, with the companion index set square beneath it.

What earns a place here. Only a rule that changes an answer, that applies across at least three domains, and that you can use without recalling a number. Nothing that is merely true qualifies.

THE TEN RULES

Airway, breathing, circulation, then everything else.
Unstable before stable, new before chronic, unexpected before expected.
Rank hypotheses by speed of harm, not by likelihood.
Assess before you intervene, unless the intervention is the assessment.
Delegate the task, never the assessment, the teaching, or the judgment.
When an option says notify the provider, ask what you would do while you wait, and do that.
Name the feeling, ask the open question, and never reassure.
In a drug question, the adverse effect outranks the mechanism.
Compensated is not corrected, and treated is not resolved.
Answer every cell. A blank scores exactly what a wrong guess scores.

The four questions: → P75

THE COMPANION INDEX

One destination per term. A second destination would be a decision, and this page exists to remove decisions.


Arterial blood gases ................ `→ BOOK 07`	Insulin ............................. `→ BOOK 05`
Assessment technique ................ `→ BOOK 15`	Intracranial pressure ............... `→ BOOK 10`
Autonomic dysreflexia ............... `→ BOOK 10`	Isolation categories ................ `→ BOOK 04`
Blood transfusion ................... `→ BOOK 08`	Ketoacidosis ........................ `→ BOOK 10`
Bowtie mechanics .................... `→ BOOK 02`	Laboratory reference values ......... `→ BOOK 07`
Burns ............................... `→ BOOK 15`	Magnesium sulfate infusion .......... `→ BOOK 05`
Cardiac rhythms ..................... `→ BOOK 08`	Mental health emergencies ........... `→ BOOK 14`
Chest drainage systems .............. `→ BOOK 09`	Mock exam protocol .................. `→ BOOK 16`
Clinical judgment model ............. `→ BOOK 02`	Nasogastric tubes ................... `→ BOOK 15`
Delegation .......................... `→ BOOK 03`	Newborn assessment .................. `→ BOOK 12`
Developmental milestones ............ `→ BOOK 13`	Nutrition and diets ................. `→ BOOK 15`
Dosage calculation .................. `→ BOOK 06`	Oxygen delivery devices ............. `→ BOOK 09`
Drip factors ........................ `→ BOOK 06`	Pain management ..................... `→ BOOK 15`
Electrolytes ........................ `→ BOOK 07`	Pediatric dosing .................... `→ BOOK 13`
Ethics and consent .................. `→ BOOK 03`	Postoperative care .................. `→ BOOK 15`
Fetal monitoring .................... `→ BOOK 12`	Priority frameworks ................. `→ BOOK 03`
Fluid balance ....................... `→ BOOK 07`	Renal and urinary .................... `→ BOOK 11`
Gastrointestinal disorders .......... `→ BOOK 11`	Score interpretation ................ `→ BOOK 16`
Heart failure ....................... `→ BOOK 08`	Seizures ............................ `→ BOOK 10`
High-alert medications .............. `→ BOOK 05`	Shock ............................... `→ BOOK 09`
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy . `→ BOOK 12`	Sterile technique ................... `→ BOOK 15`
Immunization schedules .............. `→ BOOK 13`	Therapeutic communication ........... `→ BOOK 14`
Infection chain ..................... `→ BOOK 04`	Thyroid and adrenal ................. `→ BOOK 10`
Infusion therapy standards .......... `→ BOOK 06`	Wound care .......................... `→ BOOK 15`

The last line. You do not need to know everything. You need to know what to do next.

Margin note: "photograph this page."

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Takeaway. Ten rules and one index replace the panic of not knowing where to look.