MISMADE: Machine check IV supplies Suction Monitors Airways Drugs Equipment
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---Anonymous Contributor
Anesthesia machine/room check
MS MAID: Monitors (EKG, SpO2, EtCO2, etc) Suction Machine check (according to ASA guidelines) Airway equipment (ETT, laryngoscope, oral/nasal airway) IV equipment Drugs (emergency, inductions, NMBs, etc)
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---Anonymous Contributor
General anaesthesia: equipment check prior to inducing
MALES: Masks Airways Laryngoscopes Endotracheal tubes Suction/ Stylette, bougie
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---Steve Gust HMO, Gove District Hospital, NT Australia
Failed intubation: causes
INTUBATION: Infections of larynx Neck mobility abnormalities Teeth abnormalites (eg poor dentifom, loose and protuberant teeth) Upper airway abnormalities, strictures, or swellings Bullsneck deformities Ankylosing spondylitis Trauma/ TumourInexperienceOedema of upper airwayNarrowing of lower airway
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---Abiribale Mick Achia Medical student, Makerere Medical School
Anesthesia: quick check
SOAP: Suction Oxygen Airway Pharmacology
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---Anonymous Contributor
Respiratory complications of anaesthesia: patients at risk
COUPLES: COPD Obese Upper abdominal surgery Prolonged bed rest Long surgery Elderly Smokers
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---Robert Mahapatra RFUCMS
Spinal anesthesia agents
"Little Boys Prefer Toys": Lidocaine Bupivicaine Procaine Tetracaine
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---Anonymous Contributor
Xylocaine: where not to use with epinephrine
"Nose, Hose, Fingers and Toes"
· Vasoconstrictive effects of xylocaine with epinephrine are helpful in providing hemostasis while suturing. However, may cause local ischemic necrosis in distal structures such as the digits, tip of nose, penis, ears.
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---Robert Lueken Eastern Virginia Medical School
Endotracheal intubation: diagnosis of poor bilateral breath sounds after intubation
DOPE: Displaced (usually right mainstem, pyreform fossa, etc.) Obstruction (kinked or bitten tube, mucuous plug, etc.) Pneumothorax (collapsed lung) Esophagus
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---Marc Colbeck