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Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
- Checklist VITALS ... pre-existing heart failure ... /management of shock ... #diagnosis #workup ... #criticalcare
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Mains Electricity Failure ... theatres, recovery, ICU ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... causing heart failure ... - The Internet Book ... #criticalcare # ... diagnosis #management
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
optimal airway management ... ENT, ICU). ❹ Call ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
ECG monitoring (Box ... especially in heart failure ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
alfentanil can be diagnostic ... interaction, renal failure ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
develops (see Box ... • Ice packing ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
surgery; equipment failure ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
both work together ... concerning as a too ... risk of renal failure ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #management #diagnosis
Key Basic Plan - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

This Key Basic Plan will detect and identify
delivery (Note Box ... anaesthesia #Basics #Checklist ... #ABCDs #ABCs #BasicPlan ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup