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Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
anesthesiologists to assess intubation ... clinical #management #anesthesia ... #intubation ... Mallampati Classification ... : Mallampati Classification
Predicting a Difficult Airway
Prior to attempting intubation one should assess the airway. 
3-3-2 rule indicates normal
to attempting intubation ... Mallampati Classification ... - Classification ... based on which parts ... Assessment #Preop #Anesthesia
Airway Intubation Confirmation on POCUS
Linear probe is placed on anterior neck at the level of the
Airway Intubation ... Confirmation on POCUS ... Herbst @EUSmkh #Airway ... #Confirmation #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Tracheal Airway POCUS prior to anticipated difficult airway
1. ID cricothyroid membrane evaluation
2. Confirm tracheal intubation
3. Detect
Tracheal Airway ... POCUS prior to anticipated ... difficult airway ... #POCUS #trachea ... #clinical #ultrasound
Fig. 8.  Surface marking to guide needle insertion. In the paramedian sagittal (PS) oblique view,
in turn on the ultrasound ... centered on the ultrasound ... probe's long and short ... PainManagement #POCUS ... Spinal #Epidural #Anesthesia
US guided musculocutaneous nerve block for forearm laceration.  Short axis of needle and nerve are
Short axis of needle ... Musculocutaneous #NerveBlock #POCUS ... #Ultrasound #Clinical ... Transverse #MSK #Anesthesia
Hematoma block on POCUS for a distal radius fracture.

Procedures: better with POCUS.
Some applications that aren't taught
Hematoma block on POCUS ... allow for the sort ... of everyday ultrasound ... fracture #clinical #ultrasound ... #anesthesia