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Difficult Airway Assessment - LEMON Mnemonic

 - Look Externally
 - Evaluate
 - Mallampati
 - Obstruction or
Difficult Airway ... Assessment - LEMON ... Neck Mobility #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... Difficult #Airway
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
- Differential Diagnosis ... depletion) - Hemorrhagic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Table ... #CriticalCare
Initial assessment and management of coma in pediatric population.

Airway - is it secure? 
Breathing — is
Initial assessment ... Airway - is it secure ... care unit #Assessment ... Pediatrics #Peds #ABCs #CriticalCare ... #Diagnosis
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumothorax, Alveolar Hemorrhage ... lung sliding) Diagnostics ... Therapeutics: Airway ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
COVID-19 patient Extubation
Objective: Extubation of a suspected COVID-19 patient whilst minimising aersolisation of virus particles. Orly
extubate on theatre table ... Location Risk Assessment ... List) 4) Clear airway ... Oropharyngeal airway ... Checklist #Supplies #CriticalCare
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... Intravascular volume): • Hemorrhage ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #table #comparison ... #criticalcare
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
life-threatening hemorrhage ... management of hemorrhage ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... management #pulmonary #criticalcare ... #airway #anatomy
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
Assessment of Chest ... to the lung or airways ... injury to lung or airways ... : • 14-22 Fr stable ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... The assessment of ... establishing a diagnosis ... cardiology #treatment #table ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Other common assessment ... injury, cerebral hemorrhage ... pressure due to airway ... #differential #diagnosis