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Airway - Assessment to ascertain patency

#Airway #patency #Assessment #Diagnosis #Anesthesia
Airway - Assessment ... ascertain patency #Airway ... #patency #Assessment ... #Diagnosis #Anesthesia
Difficult Airway Assessment - LEMON Mnemonic

 - Look Externally
 - Evaluate
 - Mallampati
 - Obstruction or
Difficult Airway ... Assessment - LEMON ... Neck Mobility #Diagnosis ... CriticalCare #Difficult #Airway
The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
with stridor - Assessment ... or congenital airway ... abnormality: #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Assessment
#Diagnosis #EM #ENT #PrimaryCare #Sore #Throat #SoreThroat #Assessment #Airway #Emergency #RedFlags #Differential #Algorithm #Symptoms #Ddxof
#Diagnosis #EM # ... Throat #SoreThroat #Assessment ... #Airway #Emergency
Rapid Pediatric Assessment Diagram:
* Assessment of Appearance
  - Tone: Moves spontaneously, resists examination
  -
Rapid Pediatric Assessment ... Diagram: * Assessment ... eye contact * Assessment ... Breathing - Airway ... - Cyanosis #Diagnosis
Predicting a Difficult Airway
Prior to attempting intubation one should assess the airway. 
3-3-2 rule indicates normal
Predicting a Difficult Airway ... should assess the airway ... #Difficult #Airway ... #Prediction #Assessment ... Preop #Anesthesia #Diagnosis
Initial assessment and management of coma in pediatric population.

Airway - is it secure? 
Breathing — is
Initial assessment ... Airway - is it secure ... care unit #Assessment ... #CriticalCare #Diagnosis
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
Pilot balloon ... enables sustained airway ... for help (e.g. airway ... Prepare back-up airway ... #Emergencies #diagnosis
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
Assessment of Chest ... Drains Stepwise assessment ... to the lung or airways ... injury to lung or airways ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Other common assessment ... radiography, pink frothy airway ... pressure due to airway ... #differential #diagnosis