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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 #
AIRBORNE ISOLATION/COVID19 INTUBATION CHECKLIST
Does this patient require ETI? 
If patient is to be intubated and is
ISOLATION/COVID19 INTUBATION ... Leave all personal effects ... #Airway #Checklist ... #COVID19 #CriticalCare ... #Management
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
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Inspiratory Positive Airway ... CHF, decreases intubation ... failure (ie.. asthma ... #indications #criticalcare ... #management
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
The Vortex is based on the principle that there are three ‘nonsurgical’ techniques to establish a
simple graphic that depicts ... management can ... more accurately depicts ... #visualaid #criticalcare ... #intubation #airway
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 #