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Algorithm for management of Multiple Trauma in Mountain Environment
Complete primary survey
 - Haemorrhage control (regional and
of Multiple Trauma ... , intubation/supraglottic ... Consider history, injury ... fall, high impact injury ... -1 #Multiple #Trauma
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
movement Typical management ... for analgesia, intubation ... X 36 hours, no intubation ... Breathing #Pattern #Trauma ... Video #Clinical #PhysicalExam
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
CHF, decreases intubation ... COPD, decreases intubation ... deformity (facial trauma ... pneumothorax. esophageal injury ... #criticalcare #management
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Consider inhalational injury ... • Consider intubation ... #Airway #Fire #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
• Excessive insulation ... Traumatic brain injury ... Differential #Causes #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
the approach to trauma ... In critically injured ... blunt trauma patients ... #Management #Trauma ... BigTrauma #BeforeCT #Checklist
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
optimal airway management ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
Pediatric Trauma ... obtunded) • Early intubation ... drug-assisted intubation ... #Pediatrics #Trauma ... Survey #CABCDE #management
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
or oesophageal intubation ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
presume oesophageal intubation ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management