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ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
ED Thoracotomy Instructions ... Right mainstream intubation ... Apply clamp/pressure ... #Thoracotomy #Instructions ... emergency #trauma #checklist
Lateral Canthotomy Procedure Instructions and Supply Checklist

Equipment 
 - Anesthetic 
 - Syringe with 27 gauge
Canthotomy Procedure Instructions ... and Supply Checklist ... Canthotomy #Procedure #Instructions ... Ophthalmology #Supplies #Checklist
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Check mains oxygen supply ... reliability of power supply ... with intact mains supply ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
maintain anaesthesia: supply ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Resuscitative Hysterotomy - Procedure Instructions
When? ASAP. Within 4 minutes when possible.
Who? Pregnant patient with uterus above
Hysterotomy - Procedure Instructions ... Apply fundal pressure ... Hysterotomy #Procedure #Instructions ... #checklist #obstetrics
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Intraoperative Patient ... • Consider intubation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Perimortem Hysterotomy Instructions

Do 4 minutes into arrest if uterus above the umbilicus

1. Manage Arrest
 • Compressions,
Perimortem Hysterotomy Instructions ... out, then body, apply ... #Hysterotomy #Instructions ... Emergency #management #checklist
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Intraoperative Bronchospasm ... or oesophageal intubation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... instability (Box A). ❹ Apply ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Intraoperative Laryngospasm ... Consider tracheal intubation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis