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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... Difficult surgical airway ... vs. intubation ... induction of general anesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
Basic preoperative airway ... anesthesiologists to assess intubation ... do so based on airway ... clinical #management #anesthesia ... #intubation
Do you manage Kids’ airway?

Paediatric Airway Chart for the FOAMed Airway crew who deals with kids’
you manage Kids’ airway ... Paediatric Airway ... for the FOAMed Airway ... #Chart #Sizes #Intubation ... Instruments #Devices #Table
Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI)
 • ATI Technique
 • Ergonomics for ATI
 • Managing Procedural Complications
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Awake Tracheal Intubation ... Adults Difficult Airway ... Awake #Tracheal #Intubation ... #ATI #airway #management ... #anesthesia #criticalcare
Predicting a Difficult Airway
Prior to attempting intubation one should assess the airway. 
3-3-2 rule indicates normal
Predicting a Difficult Airway ... to attempting intubation ... of endotracheal intubation ... Assessment #Preop #Anesthesia ... #Diagnosis #Mallampati
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
if possible – airway ... or supraglottic airway ... or oesophageal intubation ... Consider alternate diagnoses ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
by attaching a table ... volume to your airway ... aspects of post-intubation ... #CriticalCare #Intubation ... #Airway #Checklist
Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
Pediatric and Adult Airways ... Pediatric airway ... Risk of mainstem intubation ... #CriticalCare #Intubation ... #Diagnosis
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic - MASCOTS
M - Mechanism (Underlying mechanism improving)
A - Airway (Patent, difficult intubation)
S -
Extubation Checklist ... improving) A - Airway ... Patent, difficult intubation ... Oxygenation (O2 stable ... anandiyermd #Extubation