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CRISIS MANAGEMENT MANUAL COVER ABCD A SWIFT CHECK

PREFACE

Acknowledgements: The vast majority of the information presented in this Manual comes from original work undertaken by a team of anaesthetist authors under the auspices of the Australian Patient Safety Foundation (APSF). The content is based on a series of anaesthesia crisis management protocols published by this team in 2005. The following Manual also contains some valuable web page process modifications by Dr Charles Bradfield, FANZCA, MBBCh, DA(SA). There are also links to some excellent resuscitation algorithms in the public access web pages of the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) and the Resuscitation Council of the United Kingdom (Resuscitation [UK] ).

Dr Bradfield has also written a hypertext document by the same title that runs on a Palm OS Platform and one that will run on Windows CE platform devices. If you would like a copy of that, please Email Dr Bradfield at CharlesB@adhb.govt.nz .

Disclaimer: Use these Algorithms at your own risk! Every effort has been made to check the validity and accuracy of the information as presented in this document. Good clinical judgment should temper all your decisions. The Authors cannot be responsible for any consequence, liability, loss or damage caused by the contents or resulting from their clinical use. By continuing to use this application, you indicate acceptance of these terms.

Feedback: These Algorithms remain experimental, always capable of on-going improvement. They run on all Internet browsers. For all comments about content and/or process please contact the APSF on their web site: http://www.apsf.net.au/

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