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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... likelihood and clinical ... Difficult mask ventilation ... of spontaneous ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #CriticalCare
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Positive Pressure Ventilation ... exacerbation (↓ intubation ... respiratory failure, DNI ... Inability to protect airway ... #diagnosis #management
Protected Airway Intubation Pre-Brief Checklist - COVID19

1. ROLE ASSIGNMENT
2. PPE: Extended gloves, BLUE gown, N95, face
Intubation Pre-Brief ... filter, NO manual ventilations ... , RSI, use VL, discuss ... #Intubation #Checklist ... #COVID19 #CriticalCare
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Airway Intubation ... Video scope, LMA, Ventilator ... / DSI / Awake ... Sedation plan o Ventilator ... #checklist #criticalcare
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Positive Pressure Ventilation ... dz) • Pt is DNI ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... PositivePressure #Ventilation ... #indications #criticalcare
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Airway Intubation ... Video scope, LMA, Ventilator ... / DSI / Awake ... Sedation plan o Ventilator ... #checklist #criticalcare
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
or oesophageal intubation ... Other drugs at clinician ... Consider alternate diagnoses ... Use appropriate ventilation ... X-ray as soon as clinically
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
more info about ventilator ... worldwide numbers) • Incubation ... emergency 2020-3-12 Diagnosis ... COVID19 #Cheatsheet #Diagnosis ... #Coronavirus #CriticalCare
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... by either intubation ... or noninvasive ventilation ... aeruginosa Clinical ... #Management #treatment
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
capnography assesses ventilation ... pathophysiology CLINICAL ... of endotracheal intubation ... • Monitoring airway ... interpretation #patterns #diagnosis