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Emergency Tracheostomy Management Algorithm - Patent Upper Airway

This algorithm assumes a potentially patent upper airway, meaning
Emergency Tracheostomy ... Management Algorithm ... green bedhead sign ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Tracheostomy #
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
Insert finger into stoma ... Surgical management ... #differential #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare ... #airway #anatomy
Emergency Laryngectomy Management

This algorithm is paired with the red bed-head sign and indicates that the patient
Emergency Laryngectomy Management ... the red bed-head sign ... management steps ... do not have a tracheostomy ... #Management #CriticalCare
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
Allergic Bronchopulmonary ... • Primarily affects ... with underlying asthma ... @PulmPEEPs #Allergic ... pulmonary #diagnosis #management
Auto-PEEP 
What is Auto-PEEP?
 • Progressive air trapping & dynamic hyperinflation → ↑Palv at end expiration
to expiratory airway ... resistance (e.g. asthma ... VE How do we detect ... pulmonary #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #