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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway Algorithm ... for the initial approach ... as an initial approach ... Difficult #airway #algorithm ... #Anesthesiology
Combined Difficult Airway Society and Vortex Approach to the Emergency Airway

The Emergency Airway Cognitive Tool contains
Society and Vortex Approach ... essentials of the DAS algorithm ... Vortex #Airway #Intubation ... DAS #Difficult #Algorithm ... Emergency #Tool #Checklist
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... , Endotracheal intubation ... Expiratory (Tracheal ... Noisy #Breathing #differential ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
C to intubate trachea ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
flow • Remove tracheal ... • Consider intubation ... #Airway #Fire #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
or obstructed tracheal ... or oesophageal intubation ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
correctly positioned tracheal ... ). ❻ Consider tracheal ... intubation particularly ... Laryngospasm #Stridor #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
• Excessive insulation ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... #Causes #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Checklist
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Phos), CBC with differential ... - Intubation ... is the fastest approach ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
oedema; bronchial intubation ... potential actions: tracheal ... Airway #Pressure #Differential ... #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist