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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... Algorithm 1. ... choices: • Awake ... #airway #algorithm ... 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 ... #management #anesthesia ... #criticalcare #algorithm
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
Basic preoperative airway ... assess intubation difficulty ... do so based on airway ... clinical #management #anesthesia ... #intubation References
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... ). ❹ Call for airway ... twitter.com/AAGBI Quick Reference ... Intubate #Intubation #Difficult
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
if possible – airway ... or supraglottic airway ... aspiration suspected airway ... . ⓬ If raised airway ... twitter.com/AAGBI Quick Reference
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... or in patient’s airway ... twitter.com/AAGBI Quick Reference ... for crises in anaesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
oxygen delivery, airway ... • Confirm airway ... • Feel the airway ... twitter.com/AAGBI Quick Reference ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
bradycardia – difficulty ... they may be fully aware ... problem. ❸ Treat airway ... Consider supraglottic airway ... twitter.com/AAGBI Quick Reference
Introduction to several different airways an anesthesiologist can utilize or may encounter in practice, along with
several different airways ... the patient's airway ... #clinical #anesthesia ... References: ... Nasopharyngeal Airway
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
Check position of airway ... • Confirm airway ... • Feel the airway ... twitter.com/AAGBI Quick Reference ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia