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Difficult Airway Society - Intubation Checklist

Prepare the patient 

Prepare the equipment 

Prepare the team 

Prepare for
Difficult Airway ... Prepare the team ... difficulty #Airway ... #Intubation #Checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare
5MinuteAirway AIRWAY CHECKLIST
Everyone needs a checklist.. here’s ours.  Print it out, laminate it, don’t laminate
5MinuteAirway AIRWAY ... CHECKLIST Everyone ... Bronner for their work ... and @bronksi_EM #Management ... #CriticalCare #Airway
Yergason's Test on Physical Exam
Yergason's test for biceps tendon pathology testing stability of the tendon within
Yergason's test for biceps ... groove indicating biceps ... pathology and/or SLAP tear ... Yergasons #Test #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #msk #sports
Combined Difficult Airway Society and Vortex Approach to the Emergency Airway

The Emergency Airway Cognitive Tool contains
Combined Difficult Airway ... designed to help the team ... management in stressful ... #Intubation #Management ... Emergency #Tool #Checklist
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
or in patient’s airway ... inform theatre team ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
The Trauma Call Timeline

- A trauma team assembles rapidly in response to a major trauma alert
- A trauma team ... multidisciplinary team ... assessment of airway ... to guide early management ... Teamwork #Approach #Checklist
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
inform theatre team ... if possible – airway ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
BiPAP titration in CHF
 - Mean airway pressure provides goodness 
 - Ramp up the ePAP
in CHF - Mean airway ... achieve high mean airway ... Driving pressure supports ... the work of breathing ... CongestiveHeartFailure #Management
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... management is in ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Speed's Test - Shoulder Examination

To perform a Speed's test flex the shoulder to 90 degrees with
tendon or labral tear ... Test #bicipital #biceps ... tendinitis #Shoulder #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #sports ... #orthopedics #biceps