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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Mains Electricity Failure ... Unexpected total power failure ... • Consider moving ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
the patient's work ... pneumonia vs. heart failure ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Noninvasive #Ventilation ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
lung-protective ventilation ... Internet Book of Critical ... management #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... pre-existing heart failure ... , esp in work-up ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist ... #criticalcare
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Positive Pressure Ventilation ... acute respiratory failure ... status • Won't Work ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... #indications #criticalcare
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
surgery; equipment failure ... Rapidly confirm ventilator ... bellows moving ... provide manual ventilation ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
OR ventilator bellows ... moving. ❸ Airway ... interaction, renal failure ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Mains Oxygen Supply Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Complete failure of wall or pendant
usage: • Some ventilator ... new case unless clinical ... current case if clinically ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Neuroprotection following Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Outcome from cardiac arrest is determined by
positive pressure ventilation ... • Start cooling ... management in critical ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup