Airway Management Flashcards
Can’t keep SpO2 >90% or 3 failed intubation attempts use the _____________
Failed Airway Algorithm
Protruding __________ incisors are a problem when it comes to airway management
Upper
The primary rationale for the use of RSI is:
to prevent vomiting
When doing the “awake technique’ during the difficult airway algorithm, the best drug for induction is
Etomidate
The purpose of pre-oxygenating the RSI candidate is to:
Replace the nitrogen in the functional residual capacity with oxygen.
The best way to pre oxygenate a spontaneously breathing pt prior to RSI would be:
apply a bvm mask allowing the pt to breath passively through it with a flow at 10-15 LPM
The recommended time to pre-oxygenate a pt properly is _____
5 min
List in order who will desat the slowest to who will desat the fastest
Illness
Peds
Obesity
Defasciculating prior to administration of succinylcholine will prevent:
Elevated ICP during laryngoscopy
Patients with pseudocholinesterase deficiency will _____
Demonstrate prolonged duration of action with depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents
The two reasons we give atropine for peds
- Dry Secretions
2. Not a well developed sympathetic system
The only fasiculating agent in the US is ______
Succinycholine
Nasal Tube Depth Equation
ETT size x 4
Primary Proofing examples
Subjective assessment
- Saw go thru cords
- I hear breath sounds
- I don’t hear gastric sounds
- I see chest rise
Secondary Proofing examples
Objective assessment
- End-Tidal CO2 Waveform
- Bulb Syringe
