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General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
General schema for respiratory ... Prone positioning ... indication for prone ... support #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare
Protected Airway Intubation Pre-Brief Checklist - COVID19

1. ROLE ASSIGNMENT
2. PPE: Extended gloves, BLUE gown, N95, face
ROLE ASSIGNMENT ... filter, NO manual ventilations ... Turn on speaker phone ... Checklist #COVID19 #CriticalCare ... #Management
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
difficult airway management ... Parameters • Respiratory ... pressure • Prone ... #obese #Management ... #CriticalCare
Auto-PEEP 
What is Auto-PEEP?
 • Progressive air trapping & dynamic hyperinflation → ↑Palv at end expiration
Suspect when flow on ventilator ... maneuver on the ventilator ... overall minute ventilation ... PEEP #pulmonary #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
Approach to Selecting Respiratory ... of noninvasive respiratory ... the patient's diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Noninvasive #Ventilation
COVID-19 Intubations - Team Roles to Minimize Exposure

Respiratory Therapist is encouraged to stay outside the room
Minimize Exposure Respiratory ... or to setup the ventilator ... , has an ASCOM phone ... #Teams #Roles #Assignments ... #Management #CriticalCare
Post Proning Nursing Checklist
Head/Face: 
 - Check ETT/tracheostomy is accessible/not kinked (ETT cm at teeth …..)
between ETT and ventilator ... and patient’s skin ... 20-30 mins post prone ... #CriticalCare # ... Management
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
lung protective ventilation ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #management #ards ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #treatment #respiratory