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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... Algorithm 1. ... airway management ... as an initial approach ... #airway #algorithm
Combined Difficult Airway Society and Vortex Approach to the Emergency Airway

The Emergency Airway Cognitive Tool contains
essentials of the DAS algorithm ... airway management ... #Intubation #Management ... #Algorithm #Combined ... #Tool #Checklist
The checklist is 2-sided laminated sheet attached to the airway trolley in our ICU. The top
The checklist is ... attached to the airway ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Difficult #Airway ... #Algorithm #Alfred
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
some existing difficult-airway ... management. ... Several components ... of the LEMON approach ... Heaven #Criteria #Difficult
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER ... o Assess for difficult ... HOpI killers) o Approach ... #intubation #checklist ... #management #procedure
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
management is in ... Intubate #Intubation #Difficult ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
• Maintain the airway ... PERICARDIOCENTESIS (sub-xiphoid approach ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
bradycardia – difficulty ... problem. ❸ Treat airway ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Key Components: ... any mention of a difficult ... airway - Allergies ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... medical and surgical management
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER ... o Assess for difficult ... HOpI killers) o Approach ... #intubation #checklist ... #management #procedure