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Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Bougie, Don PPE, Capnograph ... o Anticipate risks ... Auscultate o Capnography ... intubation #checklist #criticalcare ... #airway #management
Emergency Tracheostomy Management Algorithm - Patent Upper Airway

This algorithm assumes a potentially patent upper airway, meaning
Emergency Tracheostomy Management ... - Patent Upper Airway ... for the upper airway ... green bedhead sign ... #Management #CriticalCare
Emergency Laryngectomy Management

This algorithm is paired with the red bed-head sign and indicates that the patient
Emergency Laryngectomy Management ... the red bed-head sign ... have an upper airway ... management steps ... #Management #CriticalCare
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
• Monitoring airway ... Transition as CO2 rises ... • MECHANICAL AIRWAY ... OSCILLATIONS - Pulsation ... oscillations - Sign
Esophageal Intubation
 • Capnography Detection - No trace, Wrong place
 • Prevention and Mitigation
Intubation • Capnography ... Esophageal #Intubation #airway ... detection #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #
Cannot Intubate, Cannot Oxygenate (CICO) Checklist Mnemonic 

C - Call it and communicate it: 
- Communicate
is this a CICO airway ... this is a CICO airway ... with waveform capnography ... Oxygenate #Mnemonic #Management ... #CriticalCare
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Bougie, Don PPE, Capnograph ... o Anticipate risks ... Auscultate o Capnography ... intubation #checklist #criticalcare ... #airway #management
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Guidelines for Crises ... in Anaesthesia Signs ... • Maintain the airway ... Guidelines for crises ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis ... monitoring (vital signs ... #Myasthenic #Crisis ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
Guidelines for Crises ... problem. ❸ Treat airway ... that may mimic signs ... Guidelines for crises ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management