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Simplifying Mechanical Ventilation - Modes of Mechanical Ventilation - Comparison Table

You now know many modes whether
- Comparison Table ... realize it or not ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Breaths #Comparison #Table ... Volume #Pressure #Support
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
necessary → 4-3 ❸ Get ... B). ❹ Ensure ventilation ... to spontaneous ventilation ... until patient is stable ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
Selecting Respiratory Support ... heart failure), not ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Noninvasive #Ventilation ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
Proposed Respiratory Support Algorithm in COVID19

The ‘intubate early’ paradigm, where patients who “fail” low flow oxygen
Proposed Respiratory Support ... Algorithm in COVID19 ... the disease and not ... the mechanical ventilation ... management #schema #criticalcare
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
for respiratory support ... • Typically set ... #respiratory #support ... management #schema #criticalcare ... hypoxia #failure #algorithm
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
airway if you are not ... , location and support ... Continued airway and ventilation ... support may be ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
to the i-STAR Algorithm ... haemodynamic impairment Set ... ARDSnet low-PEEP table ... patients #iSTAR #Algorithm ... obese #Management #CriticalCare
Post Proning Nursing Checklist
Head/Face: 
 - Check ETT/tracheostomy is accessible/not kinked (ETT cm at teeth …..)
Proning Nursing Checklist ... between ETT and ventilator ... suction - Breasts supported ... Pelvis: - Pelvis support ... #Post #Prone #CriticalCare
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
Stop or do not start ... ensure adequate ventilation ... as patient is stable ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Emergency Evacuation  - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Anaesthetised or sedated patient requires unplanned transfer because
safely moved: if not ... Transfer on operating table ... . ❻ Breathing/ventilation ... • Mechanical ventilator ... Intraoperative #Checklist