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* Most experienced provider should perform intubation | * Most experienced provider should perform intubation | ||
* Upper airway edema may be present leading to difficult intubations | |||
*Use video laryngoscopy to keep provider face further away from patient (afterwards, clean with grey wipes, observe 3 min wet time) | *Use video laryngoscopy to keep provider face further away from patient (afterwards, clean with grey wipes, observe 3 min wet time) | ||
Revision as of 01:44, 4 April 2020
Intubation of Potential COVID-19 Patients
Aerosol-generating procedure: see this link for PPE recommendations and related precautions
- Use checklist if available (see example: File:Harbor COVID Airway Management v3-16-20.pdf)
- Consider use of an Aerolsol Box (Plexiglas box that goes around patient head), if available
- Use BVM with viral filter or avoid BVM altogether, if possible
- Use RSI to prevent coughing gagging; consider higher dosing of paralytics.
- Most experienced provider should perform intubation
- Upper airway edema may be present leading to difficult intubations
- Use video laryngoscopy to keep provider face further away from patient (afterwards, clean with grey wipes, observe 3 min wet time)