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Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Using these steps ... bag moving OR ventilator ... switching to hand ventilation ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
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 ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
if you can get away ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #management #ards ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #respiratory #clinical
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
Follow the full steps ... bag moving OR ventilator ... • Confirm airway ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
Anaesthesia Using these steps ... bag moving OR ventilator ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Management #Workup
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
inform immediate clinical ... adequate lung ventilation ... • Maintain the airway ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
• Maintain the airway ... volume, low/no PEEP ventilation ... Plan definitive management ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Intubation only if clinically ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... (vital signs, clinical ... #Management #CriticalCare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
of a difficult airway ... - Oral cavity/Airway ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
ensure adequate ventilation ... • Maintain the airway ... as patient is stable ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management