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Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
preoperative airway assessment ... #clinical #management ... #anesthesia #anesthesiology
An important part of an anesthesiologist's job is obviously to ensure patient stability during a procedure,
patient stability during ... #checklist #anesthesia ... #anesthesiology
COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Score: 
5-12 mild; 13-24 moderate; 25-36 moderately severe; more than 36 =
COWS Clinical Opiate ... Buprenorphine #Nursing ... #Assessment #Score
Intraoperative Massive Blood Loss - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Expected or unexpected major haemorrhage

❶ Call for
anaesthetic and nursing ... an appropriate clinical ... BloodLoss #Hemorrhage #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... (→ 3-14) e.g. during ... Differential #Causes #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Checklist
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
-19 Intubation Checklist ... : • If using ... • If using ... Internet Book of Critical ... COVID19 #Intubation #Checklist
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
help and inform clinical ... strategy. ❼ If clinically ... left shoulder but using ... Cardiac #Tamponade #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
inform immediate clinical ... continuous CPR using ... Anaesthetic #Toxicity #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... assessment • 0 ... assessment • 0 ... Diagnosis #Addiction #Nursing ... #Assessment
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
❿ Perform FoNA using ... Intubation #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist