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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... mask ventilation ... airway management ... of spontaneous ventilation ... #CriticalCare #
Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI)
 • ATI Technique
 • Ergonomics for ATI
 • Managing Procedural Complications
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ATI in Adults Difficult ... Airway Society ... Intubation #ATI #airway ... #management #anesthesia ... #criticalcare #
Emergency Tracheostomy Management Algorithm - Patent Upper Airway

This algorithm assumes a potentially patent upper airway, meaning
Emergency Tracheostomy ... Management Algorithm ... theoretically allow ventilation ... that is difficult ... #Management #CriticalCare
The ARDSnet ideal body weight/tidal volume chart takes all of the calculations and guesswork out of
a copy on your airway ... tidal volume #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... Anesthesia #ARDSnet ... Height #Chart #Ventilator
Emergency Laryngectomy Management

This algorithm is paired with the red bed-head sign and indicates that the patient
Emergency Laryngectomy ... efficacious if ventilation ... is difficult. ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Laryngectomy #Emergency
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
hospital fire emergency ... • Discontinue ventilation ... • Re-establish ventilation ... • Re-establish ventilation ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Overview of Ventilator Modes
VC - Volume Control (a.k.a. assist control volume)
 - Every breath delivered (mandatory
set volume (TV) PC ... flow) - Hybrid PC ... APRV - Airway Pressure ... #CriticalCare # ... Comparison #Management
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Video scope, LMA, Ventilator ... o Assess for difficult ... plan o Emergency ... intubation #checklist #criticalcare ... #airway #management
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
some existing difficult-airway ... applicable to emergency ... airway management ... Diagnosis #EM #PCC ... Heaven #Criteria #Difficult
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
• Anticipate difficult ... airway management ... and difficult mask ... #obese #Management ... #CriticalCare