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Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Airway Intubation ... Capnograph PLAN o Assess ... for difficult airway ... and secondary airway ... #criticalcare #airway
COVID-19 Patient Intubation Checklist and Supplies

Intubation Equipment List
 • Appropriately sized tracheal tube with subglottic suction
sized tracheal tube ... intubating with access ... intubating without access ... Altemative suprglottic airways ... front of neck airway
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
or in patient’s airway ... Remove tracheal tube ... material from airway ... • Flood airway ... avoid N2O • Assess
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... ). ❹ Call for airway ... Front of Neck Access ... D). ⓫ Secure tube
A high-resolution 7.5- 10-MHz or higher linear array ultrasound transducer is used to perform an ocular
higher linear array ... ultrasound transducer ... water-soluble ultrasound ... Able to assess for ... globe #rupture #ultrasound
The Vortex is based on the principle that there are three ‘nonsurgical’ techniques to establish a
establish a patent airway ... a supraglottic airway ... an endotracheal tube ... these three upper airway ... front-of-neck access
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
• Maintain the airway ... with tracheal tube ... • Call for ultrasound ... pericardiocentesis, re-assess ... using ultrasound
Focused POCUS Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Exams in COVID-19 Patients
1. Turn machine on / Enter patient
Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound ... Select phased-array ... Assess gross LVSF
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
applied) A - Airway ... expose neck to assess ... for neck injury/airway ... suction; oral airway ... Consider chest tube
Endotracheal Tube Confirmation on POCUS

Potential difficult airway where US was used to locate cricoid cartilage. Thankfully
Endotracheal Tube ... Potential difficult airway ... - MCW EM Ultrasound ... Confirmation #POCUS #airway ... #clinical #ultrasound