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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... Difficult surgical airway ... • Non-invasive technique ... vs. invasive techniques ... #Difficult #airway
Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI)
 • ATI Technique
 • Ergonomics for ATI
 • Managing Procedural Complications
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(ATI) • ATI Technique ... Adults Difficult Airway ... Intubation #ATI #airway
Emergency Tracheostomy Management Algorithm - Patent Upper Airway

This algorithm assumes a potentially patent upper airway, meaning
- Patent Upper Airway ... for the upper airway ... been an upper airway ... devices or techniques ... have an upper airway
Intubation Checklist - Plan A, B, C, D
PLAN A - INITIAL INTUBATION STRATEGY
PLAN B - SECONDARY
PLAN D - RESCUE TECHNIQUES ... backup #plans #airway
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 ... Perform FoNA using technique ... identified, use technique
Vortex Airway Approach Optimization Strategies

The Vortex approach includes five optimisation strategies which can be applied to
Vortex Airway Approach ... all the upper airway ... e.g. two-person technique ... nasopharyngeal airway ... blockade #Vortex #Airway
The Vortex is based on the principle that there are three ‘nonsurgical’ techniques to establish a
‘nonsurgical’ techniques ... establish a patent airway ... a supraglottic airway ... these three upper airway ... unsuccessful, then airway
Cannot Intubate, Cannot Oxygenate (CICO) Checklist Mnemonic 

C - Call it and communicate it: 
- Communicate
is this a CICO airway ... this is a CICO airway ... and supraglottic airway ... Over-a-bougie technique
Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) on Bronchoscopy 
BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE is a technique used in bronchoscopy for several diagnostic
BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE is a technique ... into a smaller airway ... into the small airway ... noted when the airway
CJEM Visual Abstract: Removing patient clothing in trauma
by Alvin Chin

Cut and rip and cut alone techniques
and cut alone techniques ... clothing removal techniques ... the Cut and Rip technique ... the Cut alone technique ... Clothing #Clothes #Technique