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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... likelihood and clinical ... intubation • ... airway access ... #Anesthesiology
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
anesthesiologists to assess intubation ... difficulty, along ... #clinical #management ... #anesthesia #anesthesiology ... #airway #intubation
Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
Capnography Measurement ... monitor cardiac & pulmonary ... bronchospasm, airway ... right mainstem intubation ... patterns #diagnosis #pulmonary
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Airway Intubation ... Bougie, Don PPE, Capnograph ... o Assess for difficult ... airway (LEMON) ... Auscultate o Capnography
Esophageal Intubation
 • Capnography Detection - No trace, Wrong place
 • Prevention and Mitigation
Esophageal Intubation ... • Capnography ... #Esophageal #Intubation ... #airway #detection ... #criticalcare #pulmonary
Today in the OR, the anesthesiologist shared with me his "Coffee Cup Rule" for ETCO2 obstruction
obstruction in the airway ... would slide off = clinically ... RickTumminello #Diagnosis #Capnography ... Interpretation #pulmonary
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Inspiratory Positive Airway ... COPD, decreases intubation ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... indication for intubation ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
data regarding pulmonary ... pathophysiology CLINICAL ... of endotracheal intubation ... • Monitoring airway ... • MECHANICAL AIRWAY
Adult ACLS - Cardiac Arrest Algorithm - AHA 2020
CPR Quality:
 • Push hard (at least 2
Quantitative waveform capnography ... Advanced Airway: ... • Endotracheal intubation ... • Waveform capnography ... , Thrombosis, (pulmonary
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... ). ❹ Call for airway ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology