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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... supraglottic airway ... intubation • ... airway access ... #Anesthesiology
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
Basic preoperative airway ... anesthesiologists to assess intubation ... difficulty, along ... management #anesthesia #anesthesiology ... #airway #intubation
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
Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
monitor cardiac & pulmonary ... bronchospasm, airway ... right mainstem intubation ... #Capnography #interpretation ... patterns #diagnosis #pulmonary
Adult ACLS - Cardiac Arrest Algorithm - AHA 2020
CPR Quality:
 • Push hard (at least 2
If no advanced airway ... Advanced Airway: ... • Endotracheal intubation ... , Thrombosis, (pulmonary ... #lifesupport #cardiacarrest
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Increased Airway ... cause of increased airway ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... oedema; bronchial intubation ... #Differential #Anesthesiology
Adult Cardiac Arrest - ACLS Circular Algorithm - AHA 2020
CPR Quality:
 • Push hard (at least
If no advanced airway ... Advanced Airway: ... • Endotracheal intubation ... , Thrombosis, (pulmonary ... #lifesupport #cardiacarrest
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
obstructing the airway ... sure that the airway ... Consider tracheal intubation ... negative-pressure pulmonary ... Laryngospasm #Stridor #Anesthesiology
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
ventilation. ❸ Airway ... • Confirm airway ... presume oesophageal intubation ... anaesthesia #CardiacArrest ... #Differential #Anesthesiology
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
bradycardia – difficulty ... problem. ❸ Treat airway ... Consider supraglottic airway ... or tracheal intubation ... Neuraxial #Block #Anesthesiology