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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)
- Reference: http://medicalmnemonics.com/
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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
- Author: Marc Colbeck
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General anaesthesia: equipment check prior to inducing: MALES
- Masks
- Airways
- Laryngoscopes
- Endotracheal tubes
- Suction/ Stylette, bougie
- Author: Steve Gust HMO, Gove District Hospital, NT Australia
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Spinal anesthesia agents: “Little Boys Prefer Toys”
- Lidocaine
- Bupivicaine
- Procaine
- Tetracaine
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- Reference: http://medicalmnemonics.com/
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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.
- Author: Robert Lueken Eastern Virginia Medical School
