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An important part of an anesthesiologist's job is obviously to ensure patient stability during a procedure,
stability during a procedure ... and after the procedure ... #checklist #anesthesia ... #anesthesiology
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Checklist for Evaluation ... recent events/procedures ... tox/infectious workup ... nonconvuIsive status #Checklist ... Delirium #Evaluation #Workup
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Tube Placement Checklist ... dissection o Feel ... #ChestTube #Checklist ... #Procedure #Management
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
placement for post-procedure ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Surgical Chest Tube for Unstable Pneumothorax or Hemothorax
PREPARE
 • Landmark: Anterior Axillary Line, 4th or 5th
- Feel superior ... chesttube #placement #checklist ... #procedure #instructions
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
EMBOLISM • “Mill wheel ... Embolism #VTE #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
along ribs until feel ... #Instructions #procedure ... emergency #trauma #checklist
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... failure, esp in work-up ... stabilized THEN feel ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist ... #diagnosis #workup
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Differential #Causes #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Electricity #Failure #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup