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Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
Diagnosis and Management ... respiratory distress, stridor ... increasing upper airway ... No stridor or recession ... Croup #Diagnosis #Management
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Algorithm Stridor ... - Upper airway ... Movement - Lower airway ... differential #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Laryngospasm and Stridor ... obstructing the airway ... sure that the airway ... #Laryngospasm #Stridor ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Increased Airway ... cause of increased airway ... • Confirm airway ... Laryngospasm and stridor ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Dystocia Maneuvers
1. McRoberts: hyperflexion/adduction of both hips (knees against lateral abdomen) - requires an assistant at
significantly inferior ... baby's back, rotate anterior ... opposite direction, away ... obstetrics #obgyn #management
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
enables sustained airway ... for help (e.g. airway ... stoma and pull anteriorly ... Surgical management ... #differential #management
Lateral Canthotomy - Procedure Instructions
1) Identify the lateral canthus.
Cleanse the area with antiseptic and anesthetize with
the lower eyelid away ... to expose the inferior ... to identify the inferior ... to perform the inferior ... #Instructions #Management
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
the problem. ❷ Airway ... • Confirm airway ... • Feel the airway ... Laryngospasm and stridor ... Diagnosis #Workup #Management
Airway Positioning - Flextension compared to Ramping Positions
The key to Flextension (= sniffing position) is getting
Airway Positioning ... is getting ear anterior ... NicholasChrimes #Management ... #Airway #Flextension
The key to Flextension (= sniffing position) is getting ear anterior to coronal (not horizontal) plane
is getting ear anterior ... NicholasChrimes #Management ... #Airway #Flextension