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Difficult Airway Society - Intubation Checklist

Prepare the patient 

Prepare the equipment 

Prepare the team 

Prepare for
Difficult Airway ... Society - Intubation Checklist ... Prepare for difficulty ... #Airway #Intubation ... #Checklist #Management
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... impact of basic management ... mask ventilation ... airway management ... of spontaneous ventilation
Balloon Visualization - Mechanical Ventilation Pressures - PIP, PPlat, PEEP

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
Visualization - Mechanical Ventilation ... ) Airway Resistance ... unless excessive airway ... Inspiratory Pause: Ventilator ... Pathophysiology #Pulmonary
The checklist is 2-sided laminated sheet attached to the airway trolley in our ICU. The top
The checklist is ... attached to the airway ... is the actual checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Difficult #Airway
Emergency Tracheostomy Management Algorithm - Patent Upper Airway

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

This algorithm is paired with the red bed-head sign and indicates that the patient
continuity with the lungs ... management steps ... insufflation without ventilation ... efficacious if ventilation ... is difficult.
Combined Difficult Airway Society and Vortex Approach to the Emergency Airway

The Emergency Airway Cognitive Tool contains
Combined Difficult ... airway management ... #Intubation #Management ... #DAS #Difficult ... Emergency #Tool #Checklist
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER ... Video scope, LMA, Ventilator ... o Assess for difficult ... #intubation #checklist ... #management #procedure
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Positive Pressure Ventilation ... ), Cardiogenic pulmonary ... Inability to protect airway ... #diagnosis #management ... #indications #pulmonary
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic - MASCOTS
M - Mechanism (Underlying mechanism improving)
A - Airway (Patent, difficult intubation)
S -
Extubation Checklist ... improving) A - Airway ... (Patent, difficult ... #Extubation #Checklist ... #criticalcare #management