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Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
oxygen and face mask ... Consider other causes ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic - MASCOTS
M - Mechanism (Underlying mechanism improving)
A - Airway (Patent, difficult intubation)
S -
Extubation Checklist ... - Tube feeds (Pause ... (Sedation off, passes ... #Checklist #Mnemonic ... #criticalcare #management
5MinuteAirway AIRWAY CHECKLIST
Everyone needs a checklist.. here’s ours.  Print it out, laminate it, don’t laminate
5MinuteAirway AIRWAY CHECKLIST ... Everyone needs a checklist ... Bronner for their work ... and @bronksi_EM #Management ... #Airway #RSI #Intubation
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
impact of basic management ... • Difficult mask ... difficult airway management ... airway #algorithm #Anesthesiology ... #CriticalCare #Management
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
• Excessive insulation ... #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Train of Four monitoring is commonly used by anesthesiologists to determine the adequacy of paralytic agents
used prior to intubation ... why and how it works ... #clinical #management ... stimulation #anesthesia #anesthesiology
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
exacerbation (↓ intubation ... mortality), Other causes ... failure, DNI status, Extubation ... airway / remove mask ... Ventilation #diagnosis #management
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 ... #Workup
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
oedema; bronchial intubation ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
• Consider intubation ... #Airway #Fire #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup