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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
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
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
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
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
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  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
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
strategy. ❼ If clinically ... pericardiocentesis (Box ... • Infiltrate local ... cause a dramatic clinical ... 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