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AIRBORNE ISOLATION/COVID19 INTUBATION CHECKLIST
Does this patient require ETI? 
If patient is to be intubated and is
ISOLATION/COVID19 INTUBATION ... to be intubated and ... of room (phone, ID ... , everything) Procedure ... #CriticalCare #Management
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
the likelihood and ... impact of basic management ... • Difficult mask ... difficult airway management ... • Video-assisted
Nasal Oxygen Delivery Devices
Nasal cannula can be used to deliver supplemental O2. Conventional nasal cannula are
rate of requiring intubation ... after thoracic ... Extubation to HFNC ... lower rates of re-intubation ... Delivery #Devices #management
Robotic lung transplant - Intraoperative View

If you were wondering how a 4L donor lung can possibly
through a 6cm incision ... transplant = smaller incision ... and faster recovery ... Surgery #clinical #video ... #Thoracic
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 ... trauma #checklist #thoracic
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
COVID-19 Intubation ... Stuff • Video ... Procedure • Most ... using BVM: Hold mask ... Checklist #SARSCoV2 #Management
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
CHF, decreases intubation ... COPD, decreases intubation ... indication for intubation ... intrathoracic procedure ... #criticalcare #management
Pleuroscopy in a patient with Hemothorax 
Two weeks ago the patient fell on the left side
the left side and ... Pleuroscopy- A procedure ... anesthesia or intubation ... Hemothorax #clinical #video ... #pulmonary #thoracic
Train of Four monitoring is commonly used by anesthesiologists to determine the adequacy of paralytic agents
used prior to intubation ... and surgical incision ... the use of it, and ... theory behind why and ... #clinical #management
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Airway Intubation ... OPA, Suction, Video ... MANAGEMENT o ... criticalcare #airway #management ... #procedure