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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
❷ Liaise with local ... activate appropriate local ... B). ❹ Ensure ventilation ... to spontaneous ventilation ... Electricity #Failure #Anesthesiology
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Local Anaesthetic ... inform immediate clinical ... adequate lung ventilation ... #Toxicity #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Explanation of the differences between depolarizing and nondepolarizing paralytic agents commonly used in anesthetic induction with
commonly used in anesthetic ... pharmacology #mechanism #anesthesia ... #anesthesiology ... Continuing Education in Anaesthesia ... Critical Care &
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
likelihood and clinical ... Difficult mask ventilation ... of spontaneous ventilation ... airway #algorithm #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #CriticalCare
Interscalene brachial plexus block is used for shoulder, arm, and elbow surgery. Local anesthetic is injected
Local anesthetic ... groove to provide anesthesia ... plexus at C5-C7 #Clinical
A quick infographic describing some of the common reversal agents used by anesthesiologists, their mechanism of
agents #management #anesthesia ... #anesthesiology ... and critical care ... Indian Journal of Anaesthesia ... Anesthesia: Essays
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
• Discontinue ventilation ... • Re-establish ventilation ... • Re-establish ventilation ... #Airway #Fire #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Other drugs at clinician ... Use appropriate ventilation ... X-ray as soon as clinically ... #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Train of Four monitoring is commonly used by anesthesiologists to determine the adequacy of paralytic agents
#clinical #management ... #stimulation #anesthesia ... #anesthesiology ... Monitoring in Anesthesia
Hypertension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
Hypertension in Anesthesiology ... Check sources of anesthetic ... - Increase anesthetic ... vaporizer / epidural / local ... #Hypertension #Anesthesiology