Do a presentation on an emergency situation in the O.R. using one of the following scenarios. Your presentations should be no more than 10 minutes in length or 15 slides.

Select and describe one of the following emergency scenarios.

Choose from one of these intraoperative incidents:

• Malignant Hyperthermia (MH)
• Cardiac arrest
• Difficult airway
• Hypovolemic emergency

Describe an emergency using

• Generic case information to include:
  • Procedure
  • Type of anesthesia
  • Patient position
  • At what point in the procedure is this occurring
• Generic patient information to include:
  • Age
  • Weight
  • Prior medical history
• What are the roles and responsibilities of the Surgical Technologist in your chosen emergency?
  • How did you come to these conclusions?