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Emergency Tracheostomy Management Algorithm - Patent Upper Airway

This algorithm assumes a potentially patent upper airway, meaning
Emergency Tracheostomy ... that is difficult ... may be difficult ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Algorithm #Airway
Emergency Laryngectomy Management

This algorithm is paired with the red bed-head sign and indicates that the patient
Emergency Laryngectomy ... ventilation is difficult ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Laryngectomy #Emergency ... #Algorithm #Airway
POCUS Lung Algorithm for the Use of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Dyspnea 

#Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
POCUS Lung Algorithm ... of Dyspnea #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #POCUS #Dyspnea ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... edema), Lung Exam, POCUS ... CXR, CTA Chest, Echocardiogram ... Therapeutics: Airway ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
POCUS Algorithm for Chest Pain

Integrating POCUS in crashing chest pain is complex. Know the views that
POCUS Algorithm ... Integrating POCUS ... sick pts needing emergent ... #Algorithm #CriticalCare ... Shock #Crashing #Diagnosis
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
some existing difficult-airway ... applicable to emergency ... prediction models only focus ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... Heaven #Criteria #Difficult
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
criteria required to diagnose ... - Pulmonary edema ... might support the diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #CriticalCare #
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
timing of the emergency ... OBSTRUCTION EMERGENCY ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... differential #management #pulmonary ... #criticalcare #
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
any mention of a difficult ... airway - Allergies ... - Oral cavity/Airway ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... stratification #diagnosis
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Several of the diagnoses ... This post will focus ... you’re having difficulty ... fractures may have difficulty ... monitored for airway