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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... Algorithm 1. ... after induction of general ... • Video-assisted ... #algorithm #Anesthesiology
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Intraoperative Patient ... • Consider intubation ... #Fire #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Intraoperative Bronchospasm ... or oesophageal intubation ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... constant-pitch sound over central ... airways Wheezing ... , Endotracheal intubation ... Noisy #Breathing #differential
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Intraoperative Laryngospasm ... Consider tracheal intubation ... Laryngospasm #Stridor #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
Intraoperative Tachycardia ... Also consider: central ... #Tachycardia #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
oedema; bronchial intubation ... #Pressure #Differential ... #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
High Central Neuraxial ... or tracheal intubation ... Neuraxial #Block #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
alteration in mental ... • Maintain the airway ... Anaesthetic #Toxicity #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis