CRISIS
MANAGEMENT
MANUAL

COVER ABCD
A SWIFT CHECK

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 CONTENTS

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Main Contents List

  1. Preface
  2. Instructions
  3. Introduction
  4. Learn the Basic Algorithm
  5. The SCARE Algorithm
     as applied to COVER ABCD A SWIFT CHECK
  6. Airway related algorithms
  7. Breathing related algorithms
  8. Circulation related algorithms
  9. Drugs and IV access
  10. AAAA
  11. SWIFT CHECK
     a check list of other algorithms
  12. Regional Anaesthesia
  13. Aftermath
  14. Appendices

Introduction:

Why use a crisis
   manual
When and how to use
  this manual
Final Tips
Abbreviations

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SCARE algorithm:

for determining the urgency with which the COVER ABCD algorithm is used

  1. SCARE
  2. Compare all 4 modes
    in a separate window

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Airway:

Laryngospasm
Airway obstruction
Regurgitation/Aspiration  
Difficult intubation  

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Breathing:

Hypoventilation
Bronchospasm
Pulmonary
 oedema/ARDS
Pneumothorax
Desaturation

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Circulation:

Bradycardia
Tachycardia
Hypotension
Hypertension
Myocardial Ischaemia
Cardiac arrest

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Drugs and Vascular Access:

Drugs/Vascular Access

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AAAA

Awareness
Air/gas embolism
Air in pleura
Anaphylaxis

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SWIFT CHECK

Trauma/bleeding
Water intoxication
Electrolyte
 disturbances
Metabolic
 disturbances
Malignant
 hyperthermia
Sepsis

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Regional Anaesthesia:

I. Epidural/Spinal
     anaesthesia
II Other nerve blocks

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Aftermath:

After the Crisis

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Appendices:

Appendix 1:   Useful adult drug doses

Appendix 2    Useful paediatric drug doses

Appendix 3    Adrenaline dilution and dosage calculations

Appendix 4    A typical emergency trolley

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