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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
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Guidelines for Crises ... Check mains oxygen supply ... with intact mains supply ... Electricity #Failure #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
maintained fever CAUSES ... • Excessive insulation ... #Differential #Causes ... #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Checklist
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Guidelines for Crises ... maintain anaesthesia: supply ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Perimortem Hysterotomy Instructions

Do 4 minutes into arrest if uterus above the umbilicus

1. Manage Arrest
 • Compressions,
Perimortem Hysterotomy Instructions ... out, then body, apply ... consider reversible causes ... #Hysterotomy #Instructions ... Emergency #management #checklist
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
should identify any cause ... surgery related cause ... oedema; bronchial intubation ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
The probable cause ... presume oesophageal intubation ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Guidelines for Crises ... • Consider intubation ... Guidelines for crises ... #Airway #Fire #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
Guidelines for Crises ... airway or tracheal intubation ... Consider other causes ... Neuraxial #Block #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Guidelines for Crises ... or oesophageal intubation ... Guidelines for crises ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist