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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Algorithm 1. ... impact of basic management ... airway management ... #airway #algorithm ... #Anesthesiology
The checklist is 2-sided laminated sheet attached to the airway trolley in our ICU. The top
The checklist is ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Difficult #Airway ... #Intubation #Checklist ... #Algorithm #Alfred
Combined Difficult Airway Society and Vortex Approach to the Emergency Airway

The Emergency Airway Cognitive Tool contains
airway management ... Vortex #Airway #Intubation ... #Management #DAS ... #Difficult #Algorithm ... Emergency #Tool #Checklist
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
optimal airway management ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Workup
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
• Excessive insulation ... Differential #Causes #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
• Consider intubation ... #Airway #Fire #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
or oesophageal intubation ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
bradycardia – difficulty ... airway or tracheal intubation ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
presume oesophageal intubation ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
oedema; bronchial intubation ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup