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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Mains Electricity Failure ... Unexpected total power failure ... compromised. ❶ Call ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
surgery; equipment failure ... 10) Acidosis Anaphylaxis ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis ... severe cases) ❶ Call ... non-essential surgery. ❷ Call ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Anaesthesia ❶ Call ... intubation. ❼ If anaphylaxis ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
ischaemia ❶ Call ... resolve: • Call ... especially in heart failure ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... • Bone Marrow Failure ... abnormal under the microscope ... abnormal under a microscope ... Workup: • Complete
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... reddish-purple lesions called ... Sjogren's, GPA, EGPA, Microscopic ... deficiency Work ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
control (Box C). ❽ Call ... amniotic (→ 3-5); anaphylaxis ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
causes in Box E and call ... ischaemia → 3-12 o Anaphylaxis ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
not resolving, call ... Bronchospasm → 3-4 o Anaphylaxis ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup