35 results
Upper Extremity Nerve Blocks
Interscalene, Supraclavicular, Infraclavicular, Axillary - Indications, positioning, and anatomy
#Management #Regional #Anesthesia #Local #Upper
positioning, and anatomy ... #Management #Regional ... #Anesthesia #Local ... Ultrasound #POCUS #Anatomy
Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks
Femoral, Sciatic, Popliteal, Saphenous - Indications, positioning, and anatomy

#Management #Regional #Anesthesia #Local #Lower
positioning, and anatomy ... #Management # ... Regional #Anesthesia ... #Local #Lower # ... Ultrasound #POCUS #Anatomy
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
❷ Liaise with local ... activate appropriate local ... Electricity #Failure #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Local Anaesthetic ... #Toxicity #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Train of Four monitoring is commonly used by anesthesiologists to determine the adequacy of paralytic agents
why and how it works ... #clinical #management ... #stimulation #anesthesia ... #anesthesiology ... Monitoring in Anesthesia
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
optimal airway management ... the laryngeal anatomy ... Intubation #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Workup
Hypertension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
Hypertension in Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis and Management ... Check sources of anesthetic ... - Increase anesthetic ... vaporizer / epidural / local
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Remove flammable material ... #Airway #Fire #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Obstetric patients often pose challenges to anesthesiologists, as lab values and parameters vary from a non-pregnant
characteristic anatomic ... diagnosis #clinical #management ... #anesthesia #anesthesiology ... Association of Nurse Anesthesia ... Analgesia and Anesthesia
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
mainstay of initial management ... patient in left lateral ... Embolism #VTE #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Workup