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Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Emergency Management ... of Hyperkalemia ... Assess Patient - Airway ... clinical scenario, ECG ... Gluconate IV Shift
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
if it is due to high ... check arterial blood ... gas, 12-lead ECG ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Increase fresh gas flow ... • Exclude high ... perfusion, recheck blood ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Guidelines for Crises ... AND fresh gas flow ... • Flood airway ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Hyperkalemia Management
Pseudohyperkalemia: 1. Hemolyzed sample 2. Blood drawn from a site/line where potassium or TPN is
Hyperkalemia Management ... Blood drawn from ... minutes-hour) -Shift ... or dialysis • SLOW ... #potassium #high
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
pulse, rhythm and blood ... Also consider: high ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup #Cardiology
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
management is in ... device or nasal high ... expertise e.g. ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Have a high index ... invasive arterial blood ... consultation with cardiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
accumulation of blood ... • Maintain the airway ... • Low tidal ... volume, low/no PEEP ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Increase fresh gas flow ... • Check ECG rhythm ... 3-5) Massive blood ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management