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Tracheal Airway POCUS prior to anticipated difficult airway
1. ID cricothyroid membrane evaluation
2. Confirm tracheal intubation
3. Detect
Tracheal Airway ... POCUS prior to anticipated ... difficult airway ... #Airway #POCUS ... #criticalcare
Airway Intubation Confirmation on POCUS
Linear probe is placed on anterior neck at the level of the
Airway Intubation ... Confirmation on POCUS ... by movement @ trachea ... /arch from ETT contact ... #Confirmation #POCUS
Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI)
 • ATI Technique
 • Ergonomics for ATI
 • Managing Procedural Complications
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Awake Tracheal Intubation ... Adults Difficult Airway ... #Intubation #ATI ... #airway #management ... #anesthesia #criticalcare
Intubation Confirmation on POCUS

See the round, shadowing structures?
1. ET Tube in Trachea
2. NG Tube in Esophagus

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Intubation Confirmation ... on POCUS See ... ET Tube in Trachea ... #Confirmation #POCUS ... #ETT #Clinical
Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
Pediatric airway ... Risk of mainstem intubation ... pediatrics due to short trachea ... Differences #Anatomical #CriticalCare ... #Intubation #Diagnosis
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... vs. intubation ... • Video-assisted ... #algorithm #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #CriticalCare
ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
ETT depth may be ... table to determine ETT ... volume to your airway ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Intubation #Airway
COVID-19 Patient Intubation Checklist and Supplies

Intubation Equipment List
 • Appropriately sized tracheal tube with subglottic suction
Appropriately sized tracheal ... suction system • Tracheal ... Altemative suprglottic airways ... front of neck airway ... Checklist #Supplies #CriticalCare
AIRBORNE ISOLATION/COVID19 INTUBATION CHECKLIST
Does this patient require ETI? 
If patient is to be intubated and is
ISOLATION/COVID19 INTUBATION ... patient require ETI ... nurse, alternate intubator ... #Airway #Checklist ... #COVID19 #CriticalCare
COVID-19 patient Extubation
Objective: Extubation of a suspected COVID-19 patient whilst minimising aersolisation of virus particles. Orly
List) 4) Clear airway ... maintain control of tracheal ... Oropharyngeal airway ... deflate tube cuff • Intubation ... Checklist #Supplies #CriticalCare