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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Algorithm 1. ... the likelihood and ... relative merits and ... Develop primary 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
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
Approaching a Difficult ... Colonoscopy - Scoping ... Water assisted colonoscopy ... #Colonoscopy #Summary ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
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
ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
A height-based algorithm ... to your airway checklist ... aspects of post-intubation ... #CriticalCare #Intubation ... #Airway #Checklist
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
ED Thoracotomy Instructions ... Right mainstream intubation ... midline longitudinal incision ... #Thoracotomy #Instructions ... emergency #trauma #checklist
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Airway Intubation ... Checklist GATHER ... o Assess for difficult ... uncertain POST INTUBATION ... #checklist #criticalcare
Resuscitative Hysterotomy - Procedure Instructions
When? ASAP. Within 4 minutes when possible.
Who? Pregnant patient with uterus above
Hysterotomy - Procedure Instructions ... cup uterus up and ... Scalpel: Small incision ... Hysterotomy #Procedure #Instructions ... #checklist #obstetrics
Perimortem Hysterotomy Instructions

Do 4 minutes into arrest if uterus above the umbilicus

1. Manage Arrest
 • Compressions,
Perimortem Hysterotomy Instructions ... Cup uterus up and ... - Make small incision ... #Hysterotomy #Instructions ... Emergency #management #checklist
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 #instructions