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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Mains Electricity Failure ... Guidelines for Crises ... #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Noninvasive Positive ... Pressure Ventilation ... acute respiratory failure ... Chronic respiratory failure ... #criticalcare #management
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Indications: ... mortality), Other causes ... of respiratory failure ... nickmmark #NIVPPV #NonInvasive ... #diagnosis #management
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Intraoperative Patient ... Guidelines for Crises ... #Airway #Fire #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
bag moving OR ventilator ... interaction, renal failure ... #Hypertension #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Intraoperative Bronchospasm ... Use appropriate ventilation ... #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... especially in heart failure ... Ischemia #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
bag moving OR ventilator ... switching to hand ventilation ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Consider other causes ... Continued airway and ventilation ... Laryngospasm #Stridor #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
surgery; equipment failure ... Rapidly confirm ventilator ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management