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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
impact of basic management ... difficult airway management ... for the initial approach ... as an initial approach ... airway #algorithm #Anesthesiology
Post Intubation Checklist
Airway
 - Inflate balloon 
 - Note tube depth 
 - Secure the tube
Post Intubation ... Checklist Airway ... PostIntubation #Checklist ... #CriticalCare #ABCs ... #Management
Combined Difficult Airway Society and Vortex Approach to the Emergency Airway

The Emergency Airway Cognitive Tool contains
Society and Vortex Approach ... difficult airway management ... Vortex #Airway #Intubation ... #Management #DAS ... Emergency #Tool #Checklist
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER ... HOpI killers) o Approach ... MANAGEMENT o ... #checklist #criticalcare ... #airway #management
The Trauma Call Timeline

- A trauma team assembles rapidly in response to a major trauma alert
the mnemonic ABCD ... to guide early management ... Assessment #Teamwork #Approach ... #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 ... #Diagnosis #Management
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
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
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
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... - Intubation ... is the fastest approach ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare