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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Mains Electricity Failure ... • If immediate evacuation ... until patient is stable ... • Consider evacuation ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
likelihood and clinical ... Difficult mask ventilation ... of spontaneous ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #CriticalCare #
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
-Serial evaluation ... pneumonia vs. heart failure ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Noninvasive #Ventilation
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
lung-protective ventilation ... Internet Book of Critical ... support #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
surgery; equipment failure ... delegate task of evaluating ... Rapidly confirm ventilator ... provide manual ventilation ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management ... checklist Evaluation ... guide etiology & management ... limit them as able ... #CriticalCare
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Positive Pressure Ventilation ... acute respiratory failure ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... #indications #criticalcare ... #management
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
checklist Initial evaluation ... causing heart failure ... • Aggressive management ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
ensure adequate ventilation ... as patient is stable ... an appropriate critical ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Emergency Evacuation  - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Anaesthetised or sedated patient requires unplanned transfer because
Emergency Evacuation ... Transfer on operating table ... . ❻ Breathing/ventilation ... • Mechanical ventilator ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Management