Anaes SAQs · Extubation & recovery
Recovery and the post-anaesthesia care unit
Final-viva question on PACU care: the SBAR handover and arrival sequence, continuous monitoring, and the recognition and management of airway obstruction and hypoxaemia, PONV, shivering and hypothermia, emergence delirium, haemodynamic disturbance, pain, and the Aldrete discharge criteria.
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Describe the principles of safe care in the post-anaesthesia care unit, including the structured handover on arrival, the monitoring, and the recognition and management of the common recovery problems.
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Describe the principles of safe care in the post-anaesthesia care unit, including the structured handover on arrival, the monitoring, and the recognition and management of the common recovery problems[1].
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