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Anesthesia machine/room check

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.)

Endotracheal intubation: diagnosis of poor bilateral breath sounds after intubation

Displaced (usually right mainstem, pyreform fossa, etc.) Obstruction (kinked or bitten tube, mucous plug, etc.) Pneumothorax (collapsed lung) Esophagus DOPE

General anaesthesia: equipment check prior to inducing

Masks Airways Laryngoscopes Endotracheal tubes Suction/ Stylette, bougie

Spinal anesthesia agents

Lidocaine Bupivicaine Procaine Tetracaine "Little Boys Prefer Toys"

Anesthesia machine/room check

Endotracheal intubation: diagnosis of poor bilateral breath sounds after intubation

General anaesthesia: equipment check prior to inducing

Spinal anesthesia agents

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