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COVID-19 Emergency Intubation Checklist - Australian Safe Airway Society Consensus Statement

Safe Airway Society @SafeAirway

#COVID19 #Intubation #Checklist
COVID-19 Emergency Intubation ... SafeAirway #COVID19 #Intubation ... #Checklist #CriticalCare ... #Management #SARSCoV2 ... #CoronaVirus
Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
to narrow your differential ... : incubation period ... to narrow your differentials ... #differentials # ... diagnosis #medicine #infectiousdisease
Mechanical Ventilation in High Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
- Maintain PEEP < ICP
- Dealing with ICP
- HOB effect
on ICP - Post-intubation ... Management #Mechanical ... ICP #Elevated #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Definition: 150-600 mL over 24 hours
Differential Diagnosis:
 • Tracheobronchial:
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential ... over 24 hours Differential ... Primary Vascular: Pulmonary ... Indications for Intubation ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Ivermectin. Old anti-parasitic agent making a comeback with recent headlines from in-vitro study that showed antiviral
… #COVID19 #Coronavirus ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... #CriticalCare # ... Virus #Antiviral #Management
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
mortality BPAP - Bi-Level ... COPD, decreases intubation ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... #indications #criticalcare ... #management
Nasal Oxygen Delivery Devices
Nasal cannula can be used to deliver supplemental O2. Conventional nasal cannula are
rate of requiring intubation ... Extubation to HFNC ... lower rates of re-intubation ... Delivery #Devices #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
#COVID19 #CoronaVirus ... #Treatment #Management ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #CriticalCare
Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
Setting up for extubation ... CO2 production (fever ... Ventilator #Algorithm #Extubation ... #CriticalCare # ... Management