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Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Checklist PREPARATION ... Make 1.5 to 2 cm incision ... the tube as it passes ... #Procedure #Management ... #CriticalCare #
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
COVID-19 Intubation ... Checklist Personal ... ETT depth • High ... #Checklist #SARSCoV2 ... #Management #CriticalCare
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... • Excessive insulation ... , high ambient temperature ... #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Checklist
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
• Visual inspection ... if it is due to high ... oedema; bronchial intubation ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
or oesophageal intubation ... Other drugs at clinician ... placement for post-procedure ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
• Visual inspection ... • Exclude high ... /or high intrathoracic ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Evaluation - Chest ... - Intubation ... only if clinically ... #Management #CriticalCare
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
hypnosis as soon as clinical ... airway or tracheal intubation ... Consider other causes ... Neuraxial #Block #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
flattening or inversion ... symptoms may include chest ... Have a high index ... Ischemia #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
• Visual inspection ... Consider known drug causes ... Also consider: high ... #Bradycardia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist