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Difficult Airway Society - Intubation Checklist

Prepare the patient 

Prepare the equipment 

Prepare the team 

Prepare for
Difficult Airway ... Society - Intubation Checklist ... Prepare for difficulty ... #Airway #Intubation ... #Checklist #Management
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... Algorithm 1. ... impact of basic management ... airway management ... #airway #algorithm
The checklist is 2-sided laminated sheet attached to the airway trolley in our ICU. The top
The checklist is ... attached to the airway ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Difficult #Airway ... #Algorithm #Alfred
Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
• PETCO2 - End-tidal ... The Capnograph waveform ... bronchospasm, airway ... interpretation #waveforms
Intubation Airway Management Algorithm #Management #CriticalCare #Airway #Algorithm #Intubation #Difficult #Crash #RSI #Failed #Ddxof
Intubation Airway ... Management Algorithm ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Airway #Algorithm ... #Intubation #Difficult
ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
A height-based algorithm ... ETT depth and tidal ... volume to your airway ... checklist (example ... #Management #CriticalCare
Combined Difficult Airway Society and Vortex Approach to the Emergency Airway

The Emergency Airway Cognitive Tool contains
essentials of the DAS algorithm ... airway management ... #Intubation #Management ... #Algorithm #Combined ... Emergency #Tool #Checklist
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
Basics of Waveform ... Capnography Waveform ... amplitude ETC02 WAVEFORM ... falls to zero WAVEFORM ... peak, not end-tidal
Emergency Laryngectomy Management

This algorithm is paired with the red bed-head sign and indicates that the patient
Emergency Laryngectomy Management ... This algorithm ... management steps ... more significant tidal ... ventilation is difficult
Emergency Tracheostomy Management Algorithm - Patent Upper Airway

This algorithm assumes a potentially patent upper airway, meaning
Emergency Tracheostomy Management ... Algorithm - Patent ... that is difficult ... may be difficult ... #Management #CriticalCare