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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Guidelines for Crises ... • If immediate evacuation ... • Consider evacuation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway Algorithm ... clinical impact of basic ... Difficult mask ventilation ... feasibility of basic ... of spontaneous ventilation
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
delegate task of evaluating ... Rapidly confirm ventilator ... provide manual ventilation ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
should identify any cause ... bag moving OR ventilator ... switching to hand ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
bag moving OR ventilator ... team. ❼ Consider causes ... o Endocrine cause ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Guidelines for Crises ... • Discontinue ventilation ... • Re-establish ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Caused by an accumulation ... or iatrogenic causes ... volume, low/no PEEP ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
Guidelines for Crises ... bag moving OR ventilator ... hypercarbia as causes ... syndrome) • Medical causes ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Guidelines for Crises ... Use appropriate ventilation ... Guidelines for crises ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
chlorhexidine as cause ... as a possible cause ... ensure adequate ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist