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ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
by attaching a table ... to your airway checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Intubation #Airway #Checklist ... #TidalVolumes #Table
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
appropriate local plan (Box ... into theatre (Box ... until patient is stable ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
mainstay of initial management ... Box C: AMNIOTIC ... mainstay of initial management ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
least 30 ml.kg-1 (Box ... A, Box B) ... Discuss ongoing management ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
optimal airway management ... Access – FoNA (see Box ... use technique in Box ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
suspected airway see Box ... bronchospasm (Box ... bronchospasm (Box ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic - MASCOTS
M - Mechanism (Underlying mechanism improving)
A - Airway (Patent, difficult intubation)
S -
Extubation Checklist ... Oxygenation (O2 stable ... #Extubation #Checklist ... #criticalcare #management
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
haemodynamic instability (Box ... ECG monitoring (Box ... trinitrate (GTN) (Box ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Massive Blood Loss - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Expected or unexpected major haemorrhage

❶ Call for
equipment. ❽ Discuss management ... if necessary (Box ... tranexamic acid (Box ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
hypotension: use Box ... bradycardia: use Box ... underlying problem (Box ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management