11 results
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
intubation • ... choices: • Awake intubation ... vs. intubation ... • Video-assisted ... airway #algorithm #Anesthesiology
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
Tracheal Airway POCUS prior to anticipated difficult airway
1. ID cricothyroid membrane evaluation
2. Confirm tracheal intubation
3. Detect
POCUS prior to anticipated ... difficult airway ... intubation 3. ... Detect mainstem intubation ... #Airway #POCUS
Airway Intubation Confirmation on POCUS
Linear probe is placed on anterior neck at the level of the
Confirmation on POCUS ... air-mucosal surface of trachea ... by movement @ trachea ... /arch from ETT contact ... #Confirmation #POCUS
POCUS “Double Tract” sign indicating esophageal intubation (located in left paratracheal location in approx. 70% humans).

#Esophageal
POCUS “Double Tract ... #Esophageal #Intubation ... #POCUS #Ultrasound ... Sign #Clinical #Trachea ... #ETT #EndotrachealTube
Nasogastric Tube Placement on Point of Care Ultrasound - Transverse View
The cervical esophagus is left of
identifying esophageal intubation ... for the "double trachea ... Placement #clinical #video ... #pocus #ultrasound
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Airway Intubation ... SpO2 monitor, ETT ... OPA, Suction, Video ... o Assess for difficult ... MANAGEMENT o Secure ETT
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
ENT, ICU). ❹ Call ... C to intubate trachea ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
bradycardia – difficulty ... supraglottic airway or tracheal ... intubation (Box ... Neuraxial #Block #Anesthesiology
Nasogastric Tube Placement on Point of Care Ultrasound - Longitudinal View
The cervical esophagus is left of
identifying esophageal intubation ... for the "double trachea ... Placement #clinical #video ... #pocus #ultrasound