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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 ... intubation 3. ... #Airway #POCUS
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 ... Herbst @EUSmkh #Airway ... #Confirmation #POCUS
Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI)
 • ATI Technique
 • Ergonomics for ATI
 • Managing Procedural Complications
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Awake Tracheal Intubation ... Complications • Management ... Adults Difficult Airway ... #Intubation #ATI ... #airway #management
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... impact of basic management ... management. 3 ... #algorithm #Anesthesiology ... #CriticalCare #Management
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
management is in ... C to intubate trachea ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
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 ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Trachea and Esophagus Visualization on POCUS

Transverse plane over trachea, slightly L of midline; note the esophagus
Visualization on POCUS ... confirm endotracheal intubation ... (vs esophageal intubation ... Visualization #POCUS ... #airway #clinical
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
correctly positioned tracheal ... ). ❻ Consider tracheal ... intubation particularly ... Laryngospasm #Stridor #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
if possible – airway ... or obstructed tracheal ... or oesophageal intubation ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management