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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Mains Electricity Failure ... ❷ Liaise with local ... activate appropriate local ... #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
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
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 Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
help and inform clinical ... volume, low/no PEEP ventilation ... • Infiltrate local ... Cardiac #Tamponade #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
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 ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical
Axillary Nerve Block of the Arm - Labeled Anatomy on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

- Dr
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
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
surgery; equipment failure ... Rapidly confirm ventilator ... provide manual ventilation ... tone Drug error Local ... #Differential #Anesthesiology
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
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... bag moving OR ventilator ... interaction, renal failure ... #Hypertension #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative