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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... status • Won't Work ... initiate breath, Anatomic ... #indications #criticalcare ... #management
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... and Management ... support - Call ... Tamponade - Pulmonary ... #criticalcare #
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
odour, flash, flame ... ’s airway ❶ Call ... • Consider intubation ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
ENT, ICU). ❹ Call ... the laryngeal anatomy ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
- Infectious workup ... - Intubation ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
Central Neuraxial Block ... situation permits. ❷ Call ... airway or tracheal intubation ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
Troponin is to call ... to effectively block ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
Troponin is to call ... to effectively block ... before making the call ... #diagnosis #management ... #algorithm #criticalcare
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Anaesthesia ❶ Call ... Consider tracheal intubation ... negative-pressure pulmonary ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
not resolving, call ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... oedema; bronchial intubation ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup