21 results
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... intubation • ... airway access ... induction of general anesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI)
 • ATI Technique
 • Ergonomics for ATI
 • Managing Procedural Complications
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Awake Tracheal Intubation ... ATI in Adults Difficult ... Airway Society ... #ATI #airway #management ... #anesthesia #criticalcare
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
Basic preoperative airway ... anesthesiologists to assess intubation ... difficulty, along ... clinical #management #anesthesia ... #intubation
Predicting a Difficult Airway
Prior to attempting intubation one should assess the airway. 
3-3-2 rule indicates normal
Predicting a Difficult ... attempting intubation ... of endotracheal intubation ... are visible: #Difficult ... Assessment #Preop #Anesthesia
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... fire alarm • Dial ... • Consider intubation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
if possible – airway ... or supraglottic airway ... or oesophageal intubation ... . ⓬ If raised airway ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... Therapeutics: Airway ... 1M Epi, ± Solu-Medrol ... PPI Oxygen Therapy ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Workup
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
oxygen delivery, airway ... • Confirm airway ... • Feel the airway ... TURP syndrome) • Medical ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Airway Intubation ... kit, Bougie, Don PPE ... o Assess for difficult ... airway (LEMON) ... and secondary airway