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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
B). ❹ Ensure ventilation ... continues: • Manual ventilation ... to spontaneous ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway Algorithm ... Difficult mask ventilation ... of spontaneous ventilation ... Difficult #airway #algorithm ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
• Discontinue ventilation ... • Re-establish ventilation ... • Re-establish ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... Use appropriate ventilation ... for crises in anaesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... 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 ... CriticalCare #BiPAP #BiLevel ... #Noninvasive #Ventilation ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... adequate lung ventilation ... for crises in anaesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... bag moving OR ventilator ... • Inadequate anaesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Noninvasive Ventilation Summary
Positive pressure ventilation that is delivered through a nasal, mask, or helmet interface and
Noninvasive Ventilation ... Positive pressure ventilation ... pressures • Decreases work ... air trapping • Bilevel ... oxygenation BIPAP - Bilevel
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... Rapidly confirm ventilator ... provide manual ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... inadequate depth of anaesthesia ... bag moving OR ventilator ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup