Immediate actions
- Call for help and tell the surgeon
- Ask the surgeon to flood the field
- Give 100% oxygen
- Lower the head where possible
Then consider
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Venous air embolism
A sudden fall in end-tidal CO2 during sitting or prone cranial surgery.