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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... supraglottic airway ... surgical airway ... airway management ... #airway #algorithm
Emergency Laryngectomy Management

This algorithm is paired with the red bed-head sign and indicates that the patient
have an upper airway ... conventional upper airway ... may have other devices ... These devices should ... ventilation is difficult
Emergency Tracheostomy Management Algorithm - Patent Upper Airway

This algorithm assumes a potentially patent upper airway, meaning
- Patent Upper Airway ... that is difficult ... may be difficult ... devices or techniques ... #Management #CriticalCare
Introduction to several different airways an anesthesiologist can utilize or may encounter in practice, along with
several different airways ... Pictures show each device ... the patient's airway ... #equipment #airway ... Nasopharyngeal Airway
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
device and listen ... device is patent ... device should be ... #Pressure #Differential ... #Anesthesiology
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... device or nasal ... staff and surgical airway ... ). ❹ Call for airway
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
oxygen delivery, airway ... device and listen ... • Check airway ... AND airway device ... • Feel the airway
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
ventilation. ❸ Airway ... device and listen ... • Confirm airway ... device is patent ... • Evaluate the airway
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
any mention of a difficult ... airway - Allergies ... Any implantable devices ... - Oral cavity/Airway ... Change in clinical