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General anaesthesia: equipment check prior to inducing

Masks
Airways
Laryngoscopes
Endotracheal tubes
Suction/ Stylette, bougie

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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

Spinal anesthesia agents

Lidocaine Bupivicaine Procaine Tetracaine "Little Boys Prefer Toys"