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Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Cardiac Arrest - ... arrest trolley ... Airway • Check position ... CO2 is absent, presume ... Evaluate the airway pressure
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Airway • Check position ... not resolving, call ... help AND check arterial ... levelling patient position ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
Airway • Check position ... hypercarbia as causes ... consider intra-arterial ... problem (Box B). ❽ Call ... syndrome) • Medical causes
Neuroprotection following Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Outcome from cardiac arrest is determined by
events. ❷ Use positive ... ❹ Insert intra-arterial ... blood pressure ... Call for extra help ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
ischaemia ❶ Call ... for cardiac arrest ... Consider invasive arterial ... blood pressure ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
Guidelines for Crises ... pulse or impending arrest ... Airway • Check position ... control (Box C). ❽ Call ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Stroke Volume / Arterial ... Physiologic Causes ... Pregnancy • Well-conditioned ... significantly positive ... Worse outcomes in CKD
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
other, more common causes ... as possible. ❹ Call ... dantrolene and cardiac arrest ... INVESTIGATIONS Arterial ... 30 mins, U&E, CK
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
Airway • Check position ... recheck blood pressure ... not resolving call ... help AND check arterial ... Management #Workup #anesthesia