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Table 3 General anaesthesia protocol steps

From: Intubation after rapid sequence induction performed by non-medical personnel during space exploration missions: a simulation pilot study in a Mars analogue environment

Steps

Checklist

Intravenous line (placement not simulated)

Preoxygenation

Optional: video of oro-tracheal intubation

Optional: instruction for use of 3—way IV tap

Induction

Intubation

Surgery (not simulated)

Maintenance phase of anaesthesia

Reversion of muscle blockade

Emergence

Extubation

Postoperative care (not simulated)