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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 ... problem. ❸ Call for cardiac ... adequate lung ventilation ... #Toxicity #Anesthesiology
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... help and inform clinical ... volume, low/no PEEP ventilation ... • Infiltrate local ... #Anesthesiology
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
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Cardiac Arrest - ... Rapidly confirm ventilator ... provide manual ventilation ... tone Drug error Local ... #Differential #Anesthesiology
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
bag moving OR ventilator ... hypovolaemia; primary cardiac ... electrolyte disturbance; local ... #Tachycardia #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
bag moving OR ventilator ... consider: o Cardiac ... tamponade → 3-9 o Local ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Axillary Nerve Block of the Arm - Labeled Anatomy on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

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Point of Care Ultrasound ... Arm #NerveBlock #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #SoftTissue #Anesthesia ... #Local
Median nerve block on POCUS ultrasound
Median nerve block for foreign body removal.  Amazingly good needle
block on POCUS ultrasound ... nerveblock #POCUS #ultrasound ... #clinical #anesthesia ... #local #pain
Neuroprotection following Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Outcome from cardiac arrest is determined by
positive pressure ventilation ... determined by local ... management in critical ... #Arrest #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative