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Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Breathing • Check chest ... If circulation unstable ... , 12-lead ECG, chest ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Breathing • Check chest ... intrathoracic pressure ... recheck blood pressure ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
CO2 is absent, presume ... Evaluate the airway pressure ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
hypercarbia as causes ... : • Check chest ... alfentanil can be diagnostic ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
Guidelines for Crises ... Breathing • Check chest ... Consider known drug causes ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Fully expose the chest ... raised airway pressure ... cyanosis. ⓭ Obtain a chest ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Guidelines for Crises ... pulse and blood pressure ... until patient is stable ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
arrest where other causes ... systolic blood pressure ... as patient is stable ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Orthopedic Dislocations (Shoulder, Elbow and Hip) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Shoulder Dislocation
 • Fall on the
Orthopedic Dislocations ... and Management ... axilla against the chest ... by traction and pressure ... elbow fully as a test
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... symptoms may include chest ... arterial blood pressure ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management