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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
Esophageal Intubation
 • Capnography Detection - No trace, Wrong place
 • Prevention and Mitigation
Mitigation - Video ... Laryngoscopy - Team ... Esophageal #Intubation #airway ... #criticalcare # ... pulmonary
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
impact of basic management ... management. 3 ... intubation • Video-assisted ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #CriticalCare ... #Management
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Differential Diagnosis ... Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... Therapeutics: Airway ... #treatment #criticalcare
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Definition: 150-600 mL over 24 hours
Differential Diagnosis:
 • Tracheobronchial:
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential ... over 24 hours Differential ... Primary Vascular: Pulmonary ... Massive #Hemoptysis #Differential ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
OPA, Suction, Video ... /INDUCTION o Position ... POST INTUBATION MANAGEMENT ... intubation #checklist #criticalcare ... #airway #management
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Stridor - Upper airway ... Movement - Lower airway ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Positive airway pressure therapy
   → Positive pharyngeal transmural pressure
Apnea Positive airway ... Stabilizes upper airway ... exercise, sleeping position ... SleepApnea #Treatment #management ... #pulmonary
Thoracic Trauma - Lethal 6 and Hidden 6 of Thoracic Trauma
The Lethal 6 of Thoracic Trauma:
Pneumothorax • Airway ... Esophageal Injury • Pulmonary ... Trauma #diagnosis #management ... #injuries #differential
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
dilation of an airway ... tapering of the airway ... near the periphery ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential