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The intraoperative cardiac arrest — crisis resource management
Hot case on the intraoperative arrest managed as a team crisis: the designated leader, stopping surgery, role allocation and the institutional safety culture described in the ERC 2025 guideline.
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Prompt
A patient arrests on the table during a tumour resection. Manage the crisis with the team.
Scenario
Forty minutes into a prolonged abdominal tumour resection under general anaesthesia, the patient develops pulseless ventricular tachycardia and the arterial trace is lost. The surgeon is operating in the abdomen. Manage the crisis.
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- [1]Lott C, Karageorgos V, Abelairas-Gomez C, et al. European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 Special Circumstances in Resuscitation Resuscitation 215 (2025) 110753, 2025.Source
- [2]Soar J, Böttiger BW, Carli P, et al. European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 Adult Advanced Life Support Resuscitation 215 (2025) 110769, 2025.Source