AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
HOSSAM EL-DIN FOUAD RIDA
DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIA & SURGICAL
INTENSIVE CARE, FACULTY OF MEDICINE
ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY
Alexandria
Alexandria
Airway
Airway
Management
Management
Training Team
Training Team
• PROPER AND EFFICIENT AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IS AN
ESSENTIAL SKILL.
• IT IS THE FIRST STEP WHEN DEALING WITH
UNCONSCIOUS , TRAUMATIZED OR SEVERELY INJURED
PATIENTS.
• LOSS OF PATENT AIRWAY CAN LEAD TO LIFE
THREATENING HYPOXIA.
BASIC AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
• AIRWAYS: CONDUCT AIR,
OUTSIDE & INSIDE BODY
(INTO & OUT OF THE LUNGS)
•Inspired O
Inspired O2
2 = 20%
= 20%
•BRAIN can not tolerate
BRAIN can not tolerate
Hypoxia ›4 min
Hypoxia ›4 min
• Expired O
Expired O2
2 =16%
=16%
COMMON CAUSES OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
• UPPER AIRWAY
• TONGUE
• FOREIGN MATERIAL ,SOFT TISSUE OEDEMA
• BLOOD, VOMIT
• LARYNX
• FOREIGN BODY, LARYNGOSPASM
• LOWER AIRWAY
- SECRETIONS, OEDEMA, BRONCHOSPASM,
ASPIRATION,…
RESPIRATORY OBSTRUCTION
RECOGNITION OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
LOOK, LISTEN & FEEL
RECOGNITION OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
 LOOK
Chest / Abdominal
Movement
 LISTEN
Breath Sounds
,
at mouth and nose
Snoring, gurgling
 FEEL
Mouth / Nose
for expired air
SIGNS OF RESPIRATORY OBSTRUCTION
1. SNORING OR GURGLE
2. STRIDOR OR ABNORMAL BREATH SOUNDS
3. AGITATION (HYPOXIA)
4. ACCESSORY MUSCLES
5. PARADOXICAL BREATHING
6. CYANOSIS
MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY
OBSTRUCTION
• Exclude Foreign Body
Exclude Foreign Body
• No Sedation
No Sedation
• Urgent Treatment
Urgent Treatment
Open airway
Open airway
Check for breathing
Check for breathing
• Always Reassess
Always Reassess
Seek help
Seek help
MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY
OBSTRUCTION
Respiratory
Respiratory
Obstruction
Obstruction
Basic Techniques Devices
Basic
Oropharyngeal/
Oropharyngeal/
Nasopharyngeal
Nasopharyngeal
Airway
Airway
Advanced
LMA
LMA
Combi tube
Combi tube
ETT
ETT
Head tilt-Chin Lift
Head tilt-Chin Lift Jaw Thrust
OPENING THE AIRWAY
• HEAD TILT / CHIN LIFT OR JAW THRUST
• THEY ARE BASIC MANOEUVRES USED TO MANAGE
AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY BACKWARD FALL
OF THE TONGUE IN UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM.
Head Tilt and Chin Lift
AWM BASIC MANAGEMENT
JAW THRUST
• CAUTION! –JAW THRUST IS DONE IF THERE IS
SUSPECTED CERVICAL SPINE INJURY
• MANUAL IN LINE STABILIZATION BY ASSISTANT MUST BE
DONE.
• DEATH FROM HYPOXIA > FROM CERVICAL SPINAL
CORD INJURY
SIMPLE AIRWAY ADJUNCTS
• THE OROPHARYNGEAL AND NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAYS ARE
USED TO MANAGE AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE
TONGUE IN UNCONSCIOUS PATIENTS.
SIMPLE AIRWAY ADJUNCTS
OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY
SIZING OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY
OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY INSERTION
OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY
• SIZE THE AIRWAY BY MEASURING THE DISTANCE FROM THE
INCISORS TO THE ANGLE OF THE JAW.
• INSERT THE AIRWAY SO THAT ITS CONCAVE SIDE FACES AWAY
FROM THE TONGUE.
• INSERT THE AIRWAY INTO THE MOUTH TO APPROXIMATELY
ONE-THIRD OF ITS LENGTH. WHILST GENTLY PUSHING THE
AIRWAY FURTHER IN, ROTATE IT 180° AND SLIDE IT IN TO ITS
FULL EXTENT.
• NASOPHARYNGEAL
AIRWAY
NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY INSERTION
NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY
• SIZE THE AIRWAY BY MEASURING THE DISTANCE FROM THE
NOSTRIL TO THE LOBULE OF THE EAR.
• CHOOSE A DIAMETER LIKE THE LITTLE FINGER OF THE VICTIM.
• LUBRICATE AND INSERT.
• AFTER MANAGING AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION , IF BREATHING IS
NOT ADEQUATE, WE MUST VENTILATE THE PATIENT.
• WE CAN DO:
• MOUTH TO MOUTH BREATHING,
• USE POCKET MASK OR
• USE AMBU BAG.
MOUTH TO MOUTH BREATHING: ( + FACE
SHIELD… ?? )
MOUTH TO MASK VENTILATION
ADVANTAGES:
• AVOIDS DIRECT PERSON TO
PERSON CONTACT
• DECREASES POTENTIAL FOR
CROSS INFECTION
• ALLOWS OXYGEN ENRICHMENT
LIMITATIONS:
• MAINTENANCE OF AIRTIGHT
SEAL
• GASTRIC INFLATION WITH AIR.
• SELF-INFLATING BAG & MASK
BAG-VALVE-MASK, 2-PERSONS
• VENTILATION: SELF INFLATING BAG
Advantages
Advantages
•Avoids direct person
Avoids direct person
to person contact
to person contact
•O
O2
2 supplementation
supplementation
•Can be used with
Can be used with
Facemask, LMA,
Facemask, LMA,
Combitube, tracheal
Combitube, tracheal
tube
tube
Limitations
Limitations
With facemask:
With facemask:
•Inadequate
Inadequate
ventilation
ventilation
•Gastric inflation
Gastric inflation
with air
with air
•Two persons for
Two persons for
optimal use
optimal use
ADVANCED DEVICES.
• THE LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY
• COMBITUBE , LARYNGEAL TUBE
• ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
THE
THE
LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY
LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY
LMA
LMA
LMA
LMA
LMA Insertion
LMA Insertion
Device preparation:
Partial deflation
Lubrication
Patient preparation:
Areflexia
Position
Procedure:
Hold LMA like a pen
Slippery movement against ….
Remove finger
Inflate (LMA) and ventilate (patient)
LIMITATIONS
• ASPIRATION RISK
• NOT SUITABLE
WITH VERY HIGH
INFLATION
PRESSURES
• UNABLE TO
ASPIRATE AIRWAY
LMA
LMA
Advantages
Advantages
• Blind insertion
Blind insertion
• Rapid & easy
Rapid & easy
insertion
insertion
• Variable sizes
Variable sizes
• Ventilation >
Ventilation >
facemask
facemask
• Avoids
Avoids
laryngoscopy
laryngoscopy
COMBITUBE
COMBITUBE
COMBITUBE
ADVANTAGES
• RAPID & EASY
INSERTION
• AVOIDS
LARYNGOSCOPY
• PROTECTS AGAINST
ASPIRATION
• CAN BE USED WITH
HIGH INFLATION
PRESSURES
Limitations
Limitations
• 2 sizes only
2 sizes only
• Ventilation via wrong
Ventilation via wrong
lumen
lumen
• Damage to cuffs
Damage to cuffs
• Trauma
Trauma
• Single use
Single use
LARYNGEAL TUBE
• THE GOLD STANDARD
MAIN INDICATIONS:
MAIN INDICATIONS:
PATENT CLEAR AIRWAY (ANAESTHESIA & ICU)
PATENT CLEAR AIRWAY (ANAESTHESIA & ICU)
CONTROLLED VENTILATION
CONTROLLED VENTILATION
DRUG ADMINISTRATION (O
DRUG ADMINISTRATION (O2
2, INHALATIONAL ANAESTHESIA,….)
, INHALATIONAL ANAESTHESIA,….)
AIRWAY SUCTIONING
AIRWAY SUCTIONING
CUFFED ETT: PREVENT ASPIRATION, ENSURES EFFICIENT VENT.
(WATER TIGHT- AIR TIGHT)
EQUIPMENT:
• ENDOTRACHEAL TUBES ( TYPES, SIZES,…)
• LARYNGOSCOPES
• MAGILL FORCEPS
• AIRWAYS ( ORAL, NASAL, SIZES,…)
• OTHERS ( TOPICAL ANALGESIA, SYRINGES,
SUCTION, ADHESIVE TAPE,…..)
ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
TECHNIQUE:
• PRE-OXYGENATION
• 30 SECONDS ONLY FOR ATTEMPT
• INSERT TUBE THROUGH LARYNX UNDER DIRECT VISION
• IF IN DOUBT OR DIFFICULTY, RE-OXYGENATE BEFORE FURTHER
ATTEMPTS
A PATIENT MAY BE HARMED BY FAILURE OF OXYGENATION,
NOT FAILURE OF INTUBATION!
• OPTIMAL PATIENT POSITION
• USUALLY UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA
(IV INDUCTION, MUSCLE RELAXATION & IPPV )
• OROTRACHEAL / NASOTRACHEAL
• EXTUBATION
 HEAD POSITIONING:
HEAD POSITIONING: "SNIFFING THE MORNING AIR",
"SNIFFING THE MORNING AIR", THE NECK
THE NECK
SLIGHTLY
SLIGHTLY FLEXED
FLEXED AND THE HEAD
AND THE HEAD EXTENDED.
EXTENDED. A PILLOW UNDER
A PILLOW UNDER
THE HEAD AND NECK BUT
THE HEAD AND NECK BUT NOT
NOT UNDER THE SHOULDERS.
UNDER THE SHOULDERS.
 A STRAIGHT LINE OF VISION
A STRAIGHT LINE OF VISION
FROM THE MOUTH TO THE
FROM THE MOUTH TO THE
VOCAL CORDS
VOCAL CORDS
AWM BASIC COURSE
•ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
LARYNGOSCOPY AND TUBE INSERTION
CONFIRMING CORRECT ETT PLACEMENT:
CONFIRMING CORRECT ETT PLACEMENT:
• DIRECT VISUALISATION AT LARYNGOSCOPY
DIRECT VISUALISATION AT LARYNGOSCOPY
• AUSCULTATION:
AUSCULTATION:
• - BILATERALLY, MID-AXILLARY LINE
- BILATERALLY, MID-AXILLARY LINE
• - OVER THE EPIGASTRIUM
- OVER THE EPIGASTRIUM
• SYMMETRICAL MOVEMENT OF THE CHEST
SYMMETRICAL MOVEMENT OF THE CHEST
• OESOPHAGEAL DETECTOR DEVICE
OESOPHAGEAL DETECTOR DEVICE
• CAPNOMETRY
CAPNOMETRY
CAPNOGRAPHY
CAPNOGRAPHY
•ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
Advantages
Advantages
• Ventilation with
Ventilation with
up to 100% O
up to 100% O2
2
• Isolates airway,
Isolates airway,
preventing
preventing
aspiration
aspiration
• Allows Airway
Allows Airway
aspiration
aspiration
•Alternative rout
Alternative rout
for drug
for drug
administration
administration
Limitations
Limitations
• Training & experience
Training & experience
• Failed insertion,
Failed insertion,
oesophageal placement
oesophageal placement
• Potential to worsen
Potential to worsen
cervical cord or head
cervical cord or head
injury
injury
ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION:
ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION:
COMPLICATIONS
COMPLICATIONS
• TRAUMA, REFLEX DISTURBANCES
• BRONCHIAL / ESOPHAGEAL INTUBATION
• TUBE KINKING / OBSTRUCTION
• LARYNGEAL SPASM, ASPIRATION OF SECRETIONS,…
• HOARSENESS OF VOICE, SORE THROAT,
GRANULOMA OF THE LARYNX,……
Cricothyrotomy
Needle cricothyroidotomy
Is the simplest and fastest access
This is not
not a "real life" procedure
NEEDLE CRICOTHYROIDOTOMY
INDICATION
• FAILURE TO PROVIDE AN AIRWAY
BY ANY MEANS
• (CICO SITUATION)
COMPLICATIONS
• MALPOSITION OF CANNULA
• EMPHYSEMA
• HAEMORRHAGE
• OESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION
• HYPOVENTILATION
• BAROTRAUMA
• Loss of a patent patient airway
can lead to life- threatening
hypoxia within two to three
minutes.
To sum up…
• Airway management (AWM)
skills are very essential for all
physicians dealing with
anesthetized, unconscious,
traumatized or critically ill
patients.
He, who fails to prepare
,
prepares to failure
!
(Knowledge, skills and facilities)
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    AIRWAY MANAGEMENT HOSSAM EL-DINFOUAD RIDA DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIA & SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE, FACULTY OF MEDICINE ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY
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    • PROPER ANDEFFICIENT AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IS AN ESSENTIAL SKILL. • IT IS THE FIRST STEP WHEN DEALING WITH UNCONSCIOUS , TRAUMATIZED OR SEVERELY INJURED PATIENTS. • LOSS OF PATENT AIRWAY CAN LEAD TO LIFE THREATENING HYPOXIA.
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    BASIC AIRWAY MANAGEMENT •AIRWAYS: CONDUCT AIR, OUTSIDE & INSIDE BODY (INTO & OUT OF THE LUNGS) •Inspired O Inspired O2 2 = 20% = 20% •BRAIN can not tolerate BRAIN can not tolerate Hypoxia ›4 min Hypoxia ›4 min • Expired O Expired O2 2 =16% =16%
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    COMMON CAUSES OFAIRWAY OBSTRUCTION • UPPER AIRWAY • TONGUE • FOREIGN MATERIAL ,SOFT TISSUE OEDEMA • BLOOD, VOMIT • LARYNX • FOREIGN BODY, LARYNGOSPASM • LOWER AIRWAY - SECRETIONS, OEDEMA, BRONCHOSPASM, ASPIRATION,…
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    RECOGNITION OF AIRWAYOBSTRUCTION LOOK, LISTEN & FEEL
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    RECOGNITION OF AIRWAYOBSTRUCTION  LOOK Chest / Abdominal Movement  LISTEN Breath Sounds , at mouth and nose Snoring, gurgling  FEEL Mouth / Nose for expired air
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    SIGNS OF RESPIRATORYOBSTRUCTION 1. SNORING OR GURGLE 2. STRIDOR OR ABNORMAL BREATH SOUNDS 3. AGITATION (HYPOXIA) 4. ACCESSORY MUSCLES 5. PARADOXICAL BREATHING 6. CYANOSIS
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    MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY OBSTRUCTION •Exclude Foreign Body Exclude Foreign Body • No Sedation No Sedation • Urgent Treatment Urgent Treatment Open airway Open airway Check for breathing Check for breathing • Always Reassess Always Reassess Seek help Seek help
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    MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY OBSTRUCTION Respiratory Respiratory Obstruction Obstruction BasicTechniques Devices Basic Oropharyngeal/ Oropharyngeal/ Nasopharyngeal Nasopharyngeal Airway Airway Advanced LMA LMA Combi tube Combi tube ETT ETT Head tilt-Chin Lift Head tilt-Chin Lift Jaw Thrust
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    OPENING THE AIRWAY •HEAD TILT / CHIN LIFT OR JAW THRUST • THEY ARE BASIC MANOEUVRES USED TO MANAGE AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY BACKWARD FALL OF THE TONGUE IN UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM.
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    Head Tilt andChin Lift
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    • CAUTION! –JAWTHRUST IS DONE IF THERE IS SUSPECTED CERVICAL SPINE INJURY • MANUAL IN LINE STABILIZATION BY ASSISTANT MUST BE DONE. • DEATH FROM HYPOXIA > FROM CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY
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    SIMPLE AIRWAY ADJUNCTS •THE OROPHARYNGEAL AND NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAYS ARE USED TO MANAGE AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE TONGUE IN UNCONSCIOUS PATIENTS.
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    OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY • SIZETHE AIRWAY BY MEASURING THE DISTANCE FROM THE INCISORS TO THE ANGLE OF THE JAW. • INSERT THE AIRWAY SO THAT ITS CONCAVE SIDE FACES AWAY FROM THE TONGUE. • INSERT THE AIRWAY INTO THE MOUTH TO APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF ITS LENGTH. WHILST GENTLY PUSHING THE AIRWAY FURTHER IN, ROTATE IT 180° AND SLIDE IT IN TO ITS FULL EXTENT.
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    NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY • SIZETHE AIRWAY BY MEASURING THE DISTANCE FROM THE NOSTRIL TO THE LOBULE OF THE EAR. • CHOOSE A DIAMETER LIKE THE LITTLE FINGER OF THE VICTIM. • LUBRICATE AND INSERT.
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    • AFTER MANAGINGAIRWAY OBSTRUCTION , IF BREATHING IS NOT ADEQUATE, WE MUST VENTILATE THE PATIENT. • WE CAN DO: • MOUTH TO MOUTH BREATHING, • USE POCKET MASK OR • USE AMBU BAG.
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    MOUTH TO MOUTHBREATHING: ( + FACE SHIELD… ?? )
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    MOUTH TO MASKVENTILATION ADVANTAGES: • AVOIDS DIRECT PERSON TO PERSON CONTACT • DECREASES POTENTIAL FOR CROSS INFECTION • ALLOWS OXYGEN ENRICHMENT LIMITATIONS: • MAINTENANCE OF AIRTIGHT SEAL • GASTRIC INFLATION WITH AIR.
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    • VENTILATION: SELFINFLATING BAG Advantages Advantages •Avoids direct person Avoids direct person to person contact to person contact •O O2 2 supplementation supplementation •Can be used with Can be used with Facemask, LMA, Facemask, LMA, Combitube, tracheal Combitube, tracheal tube tube Limitations Limitations With facemask: With facemask: •Inadequate Inadequate ventilation ventilation •Gastric inflation Gastric inflation with air with air •Two persons for Two persons for optimal use optimal use
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    ADVANCED DEVICES. • THELARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY • COMBITUBE , LARYNGEAL TUBE • ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
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    Device preparation: Partial deflation Lubrication Patientpreparation: Areflexia Position Procedure: Hold LMA like a pen Slippery movement against …. Remove finger Inflate (LMA) and ventilate (patient)
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    LIMITATIONS • ASPIRATION RISK •NOT SUITABLE WITH VERY HIGH INFLATION PRESSURES • UNABLE TO ASPIRATE AIRWAY LMA LMA Advantages Advantages • Blind insertion Blind insertion • Rapid & easy Rapid & easy insertion insertion • Variable sizes Variable sizes • Ventilation > Ventilation > facemask facemask • Avoids Avoids laryngoscopy laryngoscopy
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    COMBITUBE ADVANTAGES • RAPID &EASY INSERTION • AVOIDS LARYNGOSCOPY • PROTECTS AGAINST ASPIRATION • CAN BE USED WITH HIGH INFLATION PRESSURES Limitations Limitations • 2 sizes only 2 sizes only • Ventilation via wrong Ventilation via wrong lumen lumen • Damage to cuffs Damage to cuffs • Trauma Trauma • Single use Single use
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    • THE GOLDSTANDARD
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    MAIN INDICATIONS: MAIN INDICATIONS: PATENTCLEAR AIRWAY (ANAESTHESIA & ICU) PATENT CLEAR AIRWAY (ANAESTHESIA & ICU) CONTROLLED VENTILATION CONTROLLED VENTILATION DRUG ADMINISTRATION (O DRUG ADMINISTRATION (O2 2, INHALATIONAL ANAESTHESIA,….) , INHALATIONAL ANAESTHESIA,….) AIRWAY SUCTIONING AIRWAY SUCTIONING CUFFED ETT: PREVENT ASPIRATION, ENSURES EFFICIENT VENT. (WATER TIGHT- AIR TIGHT)
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    EQUIPMENT: • ENDOTRACHEAL TUBES( TYPES, SIZES,…) • LARYNGOSCOPES • MAGILL FORCEPS • AIRWAYS ( ORAL, NASAL, SIZES,…) • OTHERS ( TOPICAL ANALGESIA, SYRINGES, SUCTION, ADHESIVE TAPE,…..)
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    ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION TECHNIQUE: • PRE-OXYGENATION •30 SECONDS ONLY FOR ATTEMPT • INSERT TUBE THROUGH LARYNX UNDER DIRECT VISION • IF IN DOUBT OR DIFFICULTY, RE-OXYGENATE BEFORE FURTHER ATTEMPTS A PATIENT MAY BE HARMED BY FAILURE OF OXYGENATION, NOT FAILURE OF INTUBATION!
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    • OPTIMAL PATIENTPOSITION • USUALLY UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA (IV INDUCTION, MUSCLE RELAXATION & IPPV ) • OROTRACHEAL / NASOTRACHEAL • EXTUBATION
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     HEAD POSITIONING: HEADPOSITIONING: "SNIFFING THE MORNING AIR", "SNIFFING THE MORNING AIR", THE NECK THE NECK SLIGHTLY SLIGHTLY FLEXED FLEXED AND THE HEAD AND THE HEAD EXTENDED. EXTENDED. A PILLOW UNDER A PILLOW UNDER THE HEAD AND NECK BUT THE HEAD AND NECK BUT NOT NOT UNDER THE SHOULDERS. UNDER THE SHOULDERS.  A STRAIGHT LINE OF VISION A STRAIGHT LINE OF VISION FROM THE MOUTH TO THE FROM THE MOUTH TO THE VOCAL CORDS VOCAL CORDS
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    CONFIRMING CORRECT ETTPLACEMENT: CONFIRMING CORRECT ETT PLACEMENT: • DIRECT VISUALISATION AT LARYNGOSCOPY DIRECT VISUALISATION AT LARYNGOSCOPY • AUSCULTATION: AUSCULTATION: • - BILATERALLY, MID-AXILLARY LINE - BILATERALLY, MID-AXILLARY LINE • - OVER THE EPIGASTRIUM - OVER THE EPIGASTRIUM • SYMMETRICAL MOVEMENT OF THE CHEST SYMMETRICAL MOVEMENT OF THE CHEST • OESOPHAGEAL DETECTOR DEVICE OESOPHAGEAL DETECTOR DEVICE • CAPNOMETRY CAPNOMETRY
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    •ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION Advantages Advantages • Ventilationwith Ventilation with up to 100% O up to 100% O2 2 • Isolates airway, Isolates airway, preventing preventing aspiration aspiration • Allows Airway Allows Airway aspiration aspiration •Alternative rout Alternative rout for drug for drug administration administration Limitations Limitations • Training & experience Training & experience • Failed insertion, Failed insertion, oesophageal placement oesophageal placement • Potential to worsen Potential to worsen cervical cord or head cervical cord or head injury injury
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    ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION: ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION: COMPLICATIONS COMPLICATIONS •TRAUMA, REFLEX DISTURBANCES • BRONCHIAL / ESOPHAGEAL INTUBATION • TUBE KINKING / OBSTRUCTION • LARYNGEAL SPASM, ASPIRATION OF SECRETIONS,… • HOARSENESS OF VOICE, SORE THROAT, GRANULOMA OF THE LARYNX,……
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    Needle cricothyroidotomy Is thesimplest and fastest access This is not not a "real life" procedure
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    NEEDLE CRICOTHYROIDOTOMY INDICATION • FAILURETO PROVIDE AN AIRWAY BY ANY MEANS • (CICO SITUATION) COMPLICATIONS • MALPOSITION OF CANNULA • EMPHYSEMA • HAEMORRHAGE • OESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION • HYPOVENTILATION • BAROTRAUMA
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    • Loss ofa patent patient airway can lead to life- threatening hypoxia within two to three minutes. To sum up…
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    • Airway management(AWM) skills are very essential for all physicians dealing with anesthetized, unconscious, traumatized or critically ill patients.
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    He, who failsto prepare , prepares to failure ! (Knowledge, skills and facilities)