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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Algorithm 1. ... likelihood and clinical ... intubation • ... vs. intubation ... #airway #algorithm
Intubation Confirmation on POCUS

See the round, shadowing structures?
1. ET Tube in Trachea
2. NG Tube in Esophagus

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Intubation Confirmation ... on POCUS See ... twitter.com/EM_RESUS #Intubation ... #Confirmation # ... POCUS #ETT #Clinical
Airway Intubation Confirmation on POCUS
Linear probe is placed on anterior neck at the level of the
Airway Intubation ... Confirmation on ... POCUS Linear probe ... #Confirmation # ... POCUS #clinical
Endotracheal Tube Confirmation on POCUS

Potential difficult airway where US was used to locate cricoid cartilage. Thankfully
Endotracheal Tube Confirmation ... on POCUS Potential ... difficult airway ... #POCUS #airway ... #clinical #ultrasound
Landmarks for Serratus Anterior Plane Block (SAPB) on POCUS
Pain related to rib fractures can be difficult
Block (SAPB) on POCUS ... fractures can be difficult ... NerveBlock #SAPB #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #pain #local #anatomy
Tracheal Airway POCUS prior to anticipated difficult airway
1. ID cricothyroid membrane evaluation
2. Confirm tracheal intubation
3. Detect
Tracheal Airway POCUS ... to anticipated difficult ... Tracheal #Airway #POCUS ... #trachea #clinical ... #ultrasound #intubation
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
some existing difficult-airway ... prediction models only focus ... Extremes of size, Anatomic ... to address this clinical ... Heaven #Criteria #Difficult
Trachea and Esophagus Visualization on POCUS

Transverse plane over trachea, slightly L of midline; note the esophagus
Visualization on POCUS ... (vs esophageal intubation ... Visualization #POCUS ... #airway #clinical ... #anatomy #labeled
Dilated Stomach on POCUS

This coronal plane view of the stomach can be helpful in the setting
Dilated Stomach on POCUS ... to prompt NGT), intubation ... Stomach #Gastric #POCUS ... #abdominal #clinical ... #anatomy #labeled