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Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI)
 • ATI Technique
 • Ergonomics for ATI
 • Managing Procedural Complications
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Adults Difficult Airway ... Intubation #ATI #airway ... #management #anesthesia ... #criticalcare #
Effect of different head positions on upper airway dimensions 
 - Atlanto-occipital Extension 
 - Neutral
positions on upper airway ... @airwaycam #Airway ... Head #Cervical #Anesthesia ... #CriticalCare #
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... ). ❹ Call for airway ... and then cardiac arrest ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... Difficult surgical airway ... induction of general anesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #CriticalCare #
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
pulse or impending arrest ... Check position of airway ... • Confirm airway ... • Feel the airway ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Call for cardiac arrest ... • Maintain the airway ... If circulatory arrest ... no circulatory arrest ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Cardiac Arrest - ... Declare “cardiac arrest ... Call for cardiac arrest ... ventilation. ❸ Airway ... • Confirm airway
The ARDSnet ideal body weight/tidal volume chart takes all of the calculations and guesswork out of
a copy on your airway ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Anesthesia #ARDSnet
Manifestations of Anaphylaxis by Body System

Dermatologic/mucosal

 - Eyes: periorbital swelling/erythema, injected conjunctiva, tears

 - Oral mucosa:
Respiratory - Lower airway ... respiratory collapse/arrest ... - Upper airway ... cyanosis, cardiac arrest ... metallic taste, paresthesia
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
Unexpected cardiac arrest ... Call for cardiac arrest ... • Maintain the airway ... mmHg or cardiac arrest ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia