The difficult airway
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Background
- ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm does not necessary apply to the ED since the patient can always be awakened and case cancelled
Pre-Intubation
See:
Difficult Intubation
Intubation Options
Intubation Type | Pros | Cons |
Traditional | ||
Awake intubation | ||
Nasal intubation |
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Retrograde intubation |
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Fiberoptic bronchoscopic intubation |
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Surgical Airways
A surgical airway should always be the last step in patients with failure to oxygen and ventilate with BVM and inability to intubate
See Also
Airway Pages
- Pre-intubation
- Induction
- Intubation
- Surgical airways
- Post-intubation
Video
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