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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
impact of basic management ... Difficult mask ventilation ... management. 3 ... of spontaneous ventilation ... #CriticalCare #Management
Overview of Ventilator Modes
VC - Volume Control (a.k.a. assist control volume)
 - Every breath delivered (mandatory
Overview of Ventilator ... APRV - Airway Pressure ... Release Ventilation ... #Modes #Ventilation ... CriticalCare #Comparison #Management
Emergency Laryngectomy Management

This algorithm is paired with the red bed-head sign and indicates that the patient
Emergency Laryngectomy Management ... management steps ... insufflation without ventilation ... efficacious if ventilation ... #Management #CriticalCare
The ARDSnet ideal body weight/tidal volume chart takes all of the calculations and guesswork out of
a copy on your airway ... tidal volume #Management ... Height #Chart #Ventilator ... #Ventilation #TidalVolume
Neonatal Resuscitation - Airway and Breathing
Airway
 • Opened by placing the infants's head in a neutral
Breathing — mask ventilation ... adequately, start mask ventilation ... e.g. mechanical ventilator ... and mechanical ventilation ... #Breathing #Management
Emergency Tracheostomy Management Algorithm - Patent Upper Airway

This algorithm assumes a potentially patent upper airway, meaning
Emergency Tracheostomy Management ... - Patent Upper Airway ... for the upper airway ... theoretically allow ventilation ... #Management #CriticalCare
Auto-PEEP 
What is Auto-PEEP?
 • Progressive air trapping & dynamic hyperinflation → ↑Palv at end expiration
to expiratory airway ... maneuver on the ventilator ... • Decrease airway ... overall minute ventilation ... pulmonary #diagnosis #management
Noninvasive Ventilation Summary
Positive pressure ventilation that is delivered through a nasal, mask, or helmet interface and
of an invasive airway ... : • Preserves airway ... Bilevel positive airway ... CO2 from upper airway ... #management #pulmonary
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
or in patient’s airway ... • Discontinue ventilation ... • Re-establish ventilation ... • Re-establish ventilation ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
APRV - Overview 

Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) uses prolonged periods of high continuous positive airway
- Overview Airway ... pressure release ventilation ... continuous positive airway ... #CriticalCare #Ventilation ... #Management #AirwayPressureRelease