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Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
#clinical #management ... #anesthesia #anesthesiology ... #airway #intubation ... Mallampati Classification ... : Mallampati Classification
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 ... #Airway #POCUS ... #trachea #clinical
Airway Intubation Confirmation on POCUS
Linear probe is placed on anterior neck at the level of the
Airway Intubation ... Confirmation on POCUS ... by movement @ trachea ... #Confirmation #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Intubation Confirmation on POCUS

See the round, shadowing structures?
1. ET Tube in Trachea
2. NG Tube in Esophagus

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Intubation Confirmation ... on POCUS See ... ET Tube in Trachea ... #Confirmation #POCUS ... #ETT #Clinical
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... likelihood and clinical ... Difficult surgical airway ... vs. intubation ... #algorithm #Anesthesiology
The AIRWAYS-2 Randomized Clinical Trial Infographic - A Visual Abstract

Effect of a Strategy of a Supraglottic
AIRWAYS-2 Randomized Clinical ... a Supraglottic Airway ... Device vs Tracheal ... Intubation During ... #Endotracheal #Intubation
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
or in patient’s airway ... flow • Remove tracheal ... • Consider intubation ... #Fire #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... C to intubate trachea ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
or obstructed tracheal ... or oesophageal intubation ... Other drugs at clinician ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Nasogastric Tube Placement on Point of Care Ultrasound - Transverse View
The cervical esophagus is left of
identifying esophageal intubation ... for the "double trachea ... NGTube #Placement #clinical ... #video #pocus #