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Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... Call for cardiac arrest ... Plan definitive management ... • Prep and drape ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
The reversible causes ... of Cardiac Arrest ... Hyperkalemia, Hypothermia Tamponade ... differential #diagnosis #arrest ... #management
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Cardiac Arrest - ... Declare “cardiac arrest ... Hypothermia Tamponade ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
Unexpected cardiac arrest ... where other causes ... as a possible cause ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
in Anaesthesia ... hypovolaemia or combined causes ... 1 o Cardiac tamponade ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Guidelines for Crises ... Call for cardiac arrest ... If circulatory arrest ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
after had cardiac arrest ... pericardial #effusion #tamponade ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound #Cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... Call for cardiac arrest ... consultation with cardiology ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Guidelines for Crises ... optimal airway management ... and then cardiac arrest ... Guidelines for crises ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Guidelines for Crises ... on patient or drapes ... • Remove all drapes ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management