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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Mains Electricity Failure ... Unexpected total power failure ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
clinical impact of basic ... Difficult mask ventilation ... feasibility of basic ... of spontaneous ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
APVcmv - Adaptive Pressure Ventilation - Controlled Mechanical Ventilation Summary
Most Similar to PRVC - Pressure Regulated
Adaptive Pressure Ventilation ... Controlled Mechanical Ventilation ... Volume Control Basic ... patients - The more work ... #management #pulmonary
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
• Discontinue ventilation ... • Re-establish ventilation ... • Re-establish ventilation ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) - Basics
Mode of cardiopulmonary support used to treat pulmonary and/or cardiovascular failure
Oxygenation (ECMO) - Basics ... cardiovascular failure ... cardiopulmonary failure ... Oxygenation #ECMO #Basics ... #management #pulmonary
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
bag moving OR ventilator ... interaction, renal failure ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
the patient's work ... be made on the basis ... pneumonia vs. heart failure ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Noninvasive #Ventilation
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... Use appropriate ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
surgery; equipment failure ... Rapidly confirm ventilator ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... adequate lung ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup