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5MinuteAirway AIRWAY CHECKLIST
Everyone needs a checklist.. here’s ours.  Print it out, laminate it, don’t laminate
5MinuteAirway AIRWAY CHECKLIST ... Everyone needs a checklist ... Belcher and Bronner ... #Airway #RSI #Intubation ... #Checklist #Medications
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Heart Failure & Cardiogenic ... Shock - Management Checklist ... Consider BiPAP (vS intubation ... ) in cardiogenic ... shock #Checklist
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
exacerbation (↓ intubation ... ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic ... pulmonary edema ... failure, DNI status, Extubation ... #indications #pulmonary
The checklist is 2-sided laminated sheet attached to the airway trolley in our ICU. The top
The checklist is ... is the actual checklist ... Difficult #Airway #Intubation ... #Checklist #Algorithm
ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
A height-based algorithm ... to your airway checklist ... aspects of post-intubation ... #CriticalCare #Intubation ... #Airway #Checklist
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
CHF, decreases intubation ... COPD, decreases intubation ... exacerbation (cardiogenic ... pulmonary edema ... indication for intubation
Hypotension / Shock Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic:
 • Poor oral intake
 • Hemorrhage
 • Renal loss
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Severe bum Cardiogenic ... valvulopathy • Pulmonary ... obstruction • Pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Extremities - Cardiogenic ... Sounds • Pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... , Endotracheal intubation ... : Endotracheal intubation ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... #pulmonary
Combined Difficult Airway Society and Vortex Approach to the Emergency Airway

The Emergency Airway Cognitive Tool contains
essentials of the DAS algorithm ... Vortex #Airway #Intubation ... DAS #Difficult #Algorithm ... Emergency #Tool #Checklist