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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
❷ Liaise with local ... By Association of ... Electricity #Failure #Anesthesiology ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Local Anaesthetic ... By Association of ... #Toxicity #Anesthesiology ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
Dislocation: Pathogenesis ... Shoulder Dislocation ... x-ray view -> Dislocation ... capsule or bone -> Pain ... #Dislocation #Diagnosis
Landmarks for Serratus Anterior Plane Block (SAPB) on POCUS
Pain related to rib fractures can be difficult
Landmarks for Serratus Anterior ... SAPB) on POCUS Pain ... patients with anterior ... clinical #ultrasound #anesthesia ... #pain #local #anatomy
Hypertension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
Hypertension in Anesthesiology ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Check sources of anesthetic ... - Increase anesthetic ... vaporizer / epidural / local
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
brain injury By Association ... Differential #Causes #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Consider alternate diagnoses ... Hydrocortisone By Association ... #Anesthesiology ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Obstetric patients often pose challenges to anesthesiologists, as lab values and parameters vary from a non-pregnant
#diagnosis #clinical ... #management #anesthesia ... #anesthesiology ... References: American Association ... of Nurse Anesthesia
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
By Association of ... Intubation #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
include chest pain ... Ischemia #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup