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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 ... #Tool #Checklist
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 ... airway plan o Emergency ... #checklist #criticalcare ... 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 ... #Instructions #procedure ... #emergency #trauma ... #checklist #thoracic
Resuscitative Hysterotomy - Procedure Instructions
When? ASAP. Within 4 minutes when possible.
Who? Pregnant patient with uterus above
Hysterotomy - Procedure ... cup uterus up and ... #Hysterotomy #Procedure ... #Instructions #checklist ... #obstetrics #emergency
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
to guide the decision ... Implementation-of-an-evidence-based-algorithm-reduces-blood-culture-overuse-in-an-adult-emergency-department.php ... who meet SIRS criteria ... and have unstable ... #Indications #Criteria
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER ... o Assess for difficult ... airway plan o Emergency ... #checklist #criticalcare ... airway #management #procedure
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
make an informed decision ... any mention of a difficult ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... - Endoscopic procedures ... is the type of and
Emergency Evacuation  - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Anaesthetised or sedated patient requires unplanned transfer because
Emergency Evacuation ... any operative procedure ... Consider tracheal intubation ... vasopressor(s) and ... Intraoperative #Checklist