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Watchman Closure Device - Intraoperative View
Ever wonder what a Watchman looks like inside the left atrial
Watchman Closure ... Device - Intraoperative ... wonder what a Watchman ... #Device #Intraoperative ... #clinical #video
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
• Difficult intubation ... vs. intubation ... • Video-assisted ... airway #algorithm #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #CriticalCare
Video Laryngoscopy vs Direct Laryngoscopy on Successful First-Pass Orotracheal Intubation Among ICU Patients

JAMA. 2017;317(5):483-493 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2598718

Conclusions: Among
Video Laryngoscopy ... , video laryngoscopy ... Wilkinsonjonny #MACMAN ... #Direct #CriticalCare ... #Anesthesiology
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
supraglottic airway device ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Confirm airway device ... whether airway device ... oedema; bronchial intubation ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Intraoperative Laryngospasm ... Remove airway devices ... Consider tracheal intubation ... Laryngospasm #Stridor #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
position of airway device ... Confirm airway device ... presume oesophageal intubation ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
Intraoperative Hypoxia ... Confirm airway device ... exclude bronchial intubation ... Hypoxia #Cyanosis #Anesthesiology ... #Intraoperative
Emergency Evacuation  - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Anaesthetised or sedated patient requires unplanned transfer because
Consider tracheal intubation ... and/or warming devices ... Patient #Evacuation #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative