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Cardiff COVID-19 Daily checklist - Matt Morgan
A daily checklist for critically ill #covid19 patients. Concentrates on
patients. ... Airway - Cuff ... Is Norad > 0.5 mcg ... /kg/min? ... #criticalcare #
AIRBORNE ISOLATION/COVID19 INTUBATION CHECKLIST
Does this patient require ETI? 
If patient is to be intubated and is
Does this patient ... If patient is to ... #Intubation #Airway ... #Checklist #COVID19 ... #CriticalCare #
COVID-19 Patient Intubation Checklist and Supplies

Intubation Equipment List
 • Appropriately sized tracheal tube with subglottic suction
COVID-19 Patient ... Intubation Checklist ... Emergency drugs e.g ... and equipment e.g ... #Supplies #CriticalCare
COVID-19 patient Extubation
Objective: Extubation of a suspected COVID-19 patient whilst minimising aersolisation of virus particles. Orly
COVID-19 patient ... List) 4) Clear airway ... Oropharyngeal airway ... #Extubation #Checklist ... #Supplies #CriticalCare
Proposed Respiratory Support Algorithm in COVID19

The ‘intubate early’ paradigm, where patients who “fail” low flow oxygen
paradigm, where patients ... low flow oxygen (e.g ... because intubated patients ... with COVID lung ... management #schema #criticalcare
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER ... Free flowing IV, EKG ... INDUCTION o Position patient ... #intubation #checklist ... #criticalcare #
Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
Checklist Approach ... arrhythmia: - EKG ... their validity (e.g ... clinical context & EKG ... Hypokalemia #Management #CriticalCare
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
COVID-19 Intubation ... Checklist Personal ... dose paralytic (e.g ... PEEP valve) on patient's ... SARSCoV2 #Management #CriticalCare
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
expertise e.g. ... Check that the patient ... operator stands on patient ... operator stands on patient ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Auto-PEEP 
What is Auto-PEEP?
 • Progressive air trapping & dynamic hyperinflation → ↑Palv at end expiration
resistance (e.g ... resistance (e.g ... acute scenario (e.g ... hypotension) disconnect patient ... diagnosis #management #criticalcare