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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... mask ventilation ... airway management ... #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #CriticalCare
Difficult Airway Conditions List (A to Z)

Difficult Airway Syndromes, Description and Potential Problems

By @dastrainees

#Difficult #Airway #Conditions
Difficult Airway ... Airway Syndromes ... #Airway #Conditions ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
management is in ... Intubate #Intubation #Difficult ... #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... and Management ... Therapeutics: Airway ... #diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #criticalcare
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis ... • Workup • General ... ManagementAirway ... #workup #pulmonary ... #criticalcare
Hypotension - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask for vitals en route
2) Immediate Assessment
3) Examine for a cause:
Rapid Response Management ... 1) Ask for vitals ... Obstructive 4) Diagnosis ... and Workup 5) ... #criticalcare #
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER/TEST ... o Assess for difficult ... POST INTUBATION MANAGEMENT ... intubation #checklist #criticalcare ... #airway #management
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
or in patient’s airway ... • Flood airway ... #Fire #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
if possible – airway ... Consider alternate diagnoses ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
• Anticipate difficult ... airway management ... and difficult mask ... stepwise increase in airway ... #CriticalCare