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Volume Assist/Control Mechanical Ventilation
How does this mode work?
 • Delivers a set volume of air with
does this mode work ... match their pre-intubation ... - Nick Mark ... #ventilation #AC ... #criticalcare #pulmonary
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
optimal airway management ... supraglottic airway device ... Prepare for Front of Neck ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Workup
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
bag moving OR ventilator ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... oedema; bronchial intubation ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Remove airway devices ... Consider tracheal intubation ... negative-pressure pulmonary ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Confirm airway device ... presume oesophageal intubation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
exclude bronchial intubation ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Management #Workup ... #anesthesia
SPONT - Spontaneous Breathing = Pressure Support Ventilation Summary
Basic Set Parameters:
  1) Pressure Support (PS)
Pressure Support Ventilation ... do some of the work ... circumstance - Good neck ... Pressure #Support #mechanical ... #Ventilation #pulmonary
Emergency Evacuation  - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Anaesthetised or sedated patient requires unplanned transfer because
Consider tracheal intubation ... • Mechanical ... ventilator or C-circuit ... and/or warming devices ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Management