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Intubation of Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19 Patients - Alfred ICU

#Intubation #COVID19 #Checklist #Management #CriticalCare #Alfred
Intubation of Confirmed ... or Suspected COVID ... Patients - Alfred ICU ... #Intubation ... #Management #CriticalCare
AIRBORNE ISOLATION/COVID19 INTUBATION CHECKLIST
Does this patient require ETI? 
If patient is to be intubated and is
AIRBORNE ISOLATION/COVID19 ... INTUBATION CHECKLIST ... of room (phone, ID ... Airway #Checklist #COVID19 ... #CriticalCare #
Mechanical Ventilation in High Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
- Maintain PEEP < ICP
- Dealing with ICP
- HOB effect
Maintain PEEP < ICP ... - Dealing with ICP ... - Post-intubation ... Elevated #management #pulmonary ... #criticalcare
COVID-19 Hypoxia Management

Indication for endotracheal intubation?
Tolerating supplemental oxygen?
Consider HFNC
Not tolerating HFNC or HFNC is not available?
Consider
COVID-19 Hypoxia ... for endotracheal intubation ... Society of Critical ... respiratory #support #COVID19 ... management #schema #criticalcare
Nasal Oxygen Delivery Devices
Nasal cannula can be used to deliver supplemental O2. Conventional nasal cannula are
rate of requiring intubation ... & lower ICU mortality ... lower rates of re-intubation ... Devices #management #pulmonary ... #criticalcare
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
likelihood and clinical ... • Difficult intubation ... vs. intubation ... • Video-assisted ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #CriticalCare
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
for analgesia, intubation ... X 36 hours, no intubation ... Pattern #Trauma #Video ... #Clinical #PhysicalExam ... #Pulmonary #Respiratory
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
COVID-19 - A Seattle ... in the ICU, now ... worldwide numbers) • Incubation ... #Coronavirus #CriticalCare ... : Marino's The ICU
Obesity in the Critically Ill is quite the problem. It worsens the prognosis in our ICU
prognosis in our ICU ... eddyjoemd.com/obesity-covid ... / #obesity #criticalcare ... #illness #critical
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
CHF, decreases intubation ... COPD, decreases intubation ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... #indications #criticalcare