High-risk surgical patients

• A 76 y.o. lady, who is fit and well (ASA 1), is scheduled for hemicolectomy for carcinoma and a postoperative ICU bed is requested. Is this high-risk surgery...
• An 84 y.o. male in Accident and Emergency is scheduled for surgery for an acutely fractured hip. He has a history of ischaemic heart disease (taking beta blocker, nitrate and aspirin) and is now in pain, tachycardic (120/min), anaemic (Hb 8.5 g/dl) and has ST elevation. What are the immediate measures required and is the proposed surgery high risk in nature...