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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Algorithm 1. ... the likelihood and ... supraglottic airway placement ... relative merits and ... #airway #algorithm
The checklist is 2-sided laminated sheet attached to the airway trolley in our ICU. The top
The checklist is ... on side 1 and the ... #CriticalCare #Difficult ... #Airway #Intubation ... #Checklist #Algorithm
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER ... o Assess for difficult ... VISUALIZATION/TUBE PLACEMENT ... ideally post NG placement ... airway #management #procedure
Combined Difficult Airway Society and Vortex Approach to the Emergency Airway

The Emergency Airway Cognitive Tool contains
essentials of the DAS algorithm ... simple visual aid ... Vortex #Airway #Intubation ... #Algorithm #Combined ... Emergency #Tool #Checklist
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
Approaching a Difficult ... Redundant Colon 2) Difficult ... #Incomplete #Difficult ... Colonoscopy #Summary #Endoscopy ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... Checklist PREPARATION ... Make 1.5 to 2 cm incision ... #ChestTube #Checklist ... #Procedure #Management
Surgical Chest Tube for Unstable Pneumothorax or Hemothorax
PREPARE
 • Landmark: Anterior Axillary Line, 4th or 5th
Enter: - 3cm incision ... Aim towards head ... #chesttube #placement ... #checklist #procedure
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER ... o Assess for difficult ... VISUALIZATION/TUBE PLACEMENT ... ideally post NG placement ... airway #management #procedure
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Right mainstream intubation ... midline longitudinal incision ... Stop if: Asystole and ... #Instructions #procedure ... emergency #trauma #checklist
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Call for help and ... or oesophageal intubation ... Plan appropriate placement ... for post-procedure ... Intraoperative #Checklist