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Difficult Airway Society - Intubation Checklist

Prepare the patient 

Prepare the equipment 

Prepare the team 

Prepare for
Difficult Airway ... Prepare the team ... difficulty #Airway ... #Intubation #Checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare
The checklist is 2-sided laminated sheet attached to the airway trolley in our ICU. The top
The checklist is ... attached to the airway ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Difficult #Airway ... #Algorithm #Alfred
Simplified Airway Management Algorithm
Admittedly sacrificing some detail, this simplified airway management algorithm highlights the critical steps,
Management Algorithm ... management algorithm ... assumes imminent respiratory ... #Simple #Management ... #CriticalCare
ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
A height-based algorithm ... volume to your airway ... checklist (example ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Intubation #Airway
AIRBORNE ISOLATION/COVID19 INTUBATION CHECKLIST
Does this patient require ETI? 
If patient is to be intubated and is
COVID19 INTUBATION CHECKLIST ... and is not in respiratory ... #Intubation #Airway ... #CriticalCare # ... Management
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Airway Pressure ... and decreases respiratory ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... #indications #criticalcare ... #management
Combined Difficult Airway Society and Vortex Approach to the Emergency Airway

The Emergency Airway Cognitive Tool contains
designed to help the team ... management in stressful ... #Intubation #Management ... DAS #Difficult #Algorithm ... Emergency #Tool #Checklist
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Algorithm 1. ... • Difficult mask ... #algorithm #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #CriticalCare ... #Management
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
), Cardiogenic pulmonary ... Other causes of respiratory ... Inability to protect airway ... / remove mask, ... Ventilation #diagnosis #management
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Diagnosis and Management ... Pseudo-hemoptysis = upper respiratory ... • Airway Management ... treatment #workup #pulmonary ... #criticalcare