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Post Intubation Checklist
Airway
 - Inflate balloon 
 - Note tube depth 
 - Secure the tube
Post Intubation Checklist ... tube - Confirm bilateral ... PostIntubation #Checklist ... #CriticalCare #ABCs ... #Management
List of some common medications used in the operative setting, with their counterparts that look alike
to the proper patient ... #management #medication ... #anesthesia #anesthesiology ... #checklist
An important part of an anesthesiologist's job is obviously to ensure patient stability during a procedure,
obviously to ensure patient ... interaction with the patient ... #checklist #anesthesia ... #anesthesiology ... #management #preoperative
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Intraoperative Patient ... drapes, or in patient ... #Airway #Fire #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
irritability if patient ... possible • Place patient ... in left lateral ... Embolism #VTE #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
Checklist Approach ... level - Most patients ... including cardiac patients ... Critical Care #Checklist ... #Hypokalemia #Management
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
optimal airway management ... Check that the patient ... Intubation #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
staff to monitor patient ... of surgery and patient ... Electricity #Failure #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Anaesthesia If the patient ... is used If the patient ... Ischemia #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
agent and intubate patient ... shower. ❼ If patient ... anaesthesia #Sepsis #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management