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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
❷ Liaise with local ... activate appropriate local ... plan (Box A): ... into theatre (Box ... essential equipment (Box
Interscalene brachial plexus block is used for shoulder, arm, and elbow surgery. Local anesthetic is injected
Local anesthetic ... groove to provide anesthesia ... plexus at C5-C7 #Clinical
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Local Anaesthetic ... inform immediate clinical ... lipid emulsion (Box ... lipid emulsion (Box ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
impending arrest: use Box ... rate control (Box ... cardioversion (Box ... electrolyte disturbance; local ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... accidental injection of local ... hypnosis as soon as clinical ... • Local anaesthetic ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
bronchospasm (Box ... Other drugs at clinician ... bronchospasm (Box ... X-ray as soon as clinically ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... hypotension: use Box ... bradycardia: use Box ... pneumoperitoneum; local ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
giving vasopressor (Box ... surgical causes (Box ... Consider causes in Box ... tamponade → 3-9 o Local ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Nomogram for Local Anesthetic Toxic Dose Limits #Pharm #EM #Tox #Nomogram #LocalAnesthetic #Local #Anesthetic #DoseLimits #ALiEM
Nomogram for Local ... Anesthetic Toxic ... Limits #Pharm #EM #Tox ... LocalAnesthetic #Local ... #Anesthetic #DoseLimits
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
help and inform clinical ... strategy. ❼ If clinically ... • Infiltrate local ... cause a dramatic clinical ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia