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Combined Difficult Airway Society and Vortex Approach to the Emergency Airway

The Emergency Airway Cognitive Tool contains
difficult airway management ... Vortex #Airway #Intubation ... #Management #DAS ... #Difficult #Algorithm ... #Checklist
An Algorithm for the Management of Seizures

The management of active seizures is algorithmic, starting with a
the Management ... Seizures The management ... follows a stepwise approach ... requiring endotracheal intubation ... #Management #Emergency
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER ... HOpI killers) o Approach ... airway plan o Emergency ... MANAGEMENT o ... #airway #management
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
is a clinical emergency ... • Excessive insulation ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... #Anesthesia #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Emergency Management ... Exposure (ABCDE) Approach ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... ≥ 6.5 mmol/L - Emergency ... #algorithm #treatment
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
nearby theatres / emergency ... on-call / dial emergency ... presume oesophageal intubation ... #Differential # ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Plan definitive management ... EMERGENCY PERICARDIOCENTESIS ... (sub-xiphoid approach ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
should identify any cause ... oedema; bronchial intubation ... Airway #Pressure #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Phos), CBC with differential ... - Intubation ... is the fastest approach ... #Management #CriticalCare
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Guidelines for Crises ... hospital fire emergency ... • Consider intubation ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management