Airway Assessment Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
When is an airway assessment done?
A
in all cases as a separate system to be able to manage changes in anaesthesia is some cases
2
Q
What scenarios do we predict a difficult airway in?
A
- BMV
- Intubation
- Rescue of the airway with a supraglottic airway if above fails
- FONA if all 3 of above fail
3
Q
Key Hx questions
A
- previous airway interventions
- check records
- acquired, congenital or traumatic airway pathology
- head or neck surgery
- radiotherapy
4
Q
Components of airway examination
A
> face
mouth
teeth
neck and range of motion
trachea
5
Q
Facial assessment
A
- tumours
- trauma
- hair
6
Q
Mouth assessment
A
- access
- macroglossia
- tumors
- MALLAPATI
7
Q
Neck assessment
A
- c-spine injury
- length and thickness
- range of movement
- thyromental and sternomental distance
- trachea
8
Q
4 D’s of away assessment
A
- Disproportion
- Distortion
- Dysmobility
- Dentition
9
Q
Beside predictors of difficult intubation
A
Distances
Mallapati
Neck mobility
10
Q
physiological causes of a difficult airway
A
hypoxia
hypotension
acidosis
