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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
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Intraoperative Patient ... or in patient’s airway ... flow • Remove tracheal ... • Consider intubation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

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

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Intraoperative Bronchospasm ... if possible – airway ... or obstructed tracheal ... or oesophageal intubation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... C to intubate trachea ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
A transverse still image of the upper airway using the high frequency, linear transducer at the
image of the upper airway ... left side of the airway ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Trachea ... SubglotticEdema #Transverse #SonoStuff
A transverse still image of the upper airway taken with a high frequency, linear transducer at
image of the upper airway ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Trachea ... Cords #Transverse #SonoStuff
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Increased Airway ... cause of increased airway ... oedema; bronchial intubation ... potential actions: tracheal ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative