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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... airway management ... • Video-assisted ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #CriticalCare ... #Management
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic - MASCOTS
M - Mechanism (Underlying mechanism improving)
A - Airway (Patent, difficult intubation)
S -
improving) A - Airway ... (Patent, difficult ... intubation) S ... Mnemonic #MASCOTS #criticalcare ... #management
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
management is in ... expertise e.g. ... #Intubation #Difficult ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
bronchoscopy • Re-intubate ... injury if not intubated ... • Consider intubation ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Airway Intubation ... OPA, Suction, Video ... o Assess for difficult ... #checklist #criticalcare ... #airway #management
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
respiratory tract (e.g ... has potential to cause ... • Workup • General ... ManagementAirway ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
should identify any cause ... blood gas, 12-lead ECG ... oedema; bronchial intubation ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
, e.g. suction catheters ... Consider tracheal intubation ... Consider other causes ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
Call for help (e.g ... This can cause life-threatening ... Surgical management ... #differential #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
presume oesophageal intubation ... • Check ECG rhythm ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup