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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Guidelines for Crises ... until patient is stable ... wound is closed (may ... Guidelines for crises ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
in Anaesthesia ... or iatrogenic causes ... cause a dramatic ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
ETT depth may be ... A height-based algorithm ... to your airway checklist ... This table may simultaneously ... Intubation #Airway #Checklist
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
chlorhexidine as cause ... as a possible cause ... as patient is stable ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Guidelines for Crises ... Absence of wheeze may ... • Bronchospasm may ... Guidelines for crises ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... conscious, symptoms may ... Guidelines for crises ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Guidelines for Crises ... in Anaesthesia ... Guidelines for crises ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
Causes: thrombus ... wheel” murmur may ... Valsalva manoeuvre may ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
in Anaesthesia ... Consider other causes ... in anaesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Guidelines for Crises ... Consider other causes ... Guidelines for crises ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist