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Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Local Anaesthetic ... • Local anaesthetic ... . ❹ Give 100% oxygen ... #Local #Anaesthetic ... #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
surgery; equipment failure ... hyperkalaemia Hypothermia ... tone Drug error Local ... #Anesthesiology ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
pulse or impending arrest ... analgesia. ❷ Adequate oxygen ... amniotic (→ 3-5); anaphylaxis ... -1); malignant hyperthermia ... #Management #Workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
ischaemia → 3-12 o Anaphylaxis ... tamponade → 3-9 o Local ... #Hypotension #Differential ... #Anesthesiology ... #Management #Workup
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
team of problem ... . ❸ Give 100% oxygen ... • Infiltrate local ... Cardiac #Tamponade #Anesthesiology ... #Management #Workup
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
AND increased oxygen ... dantrolene and cardiac arrest ... Box D). ⓭ Plan admission ... #Crisis #Anesthesiology ... #Management #Workup