... over saline).6–9 B The nares can be anesthetized by applying 2% lidocaine jelly to, and inserting a nasopharyngeal airway, or using a cotton pledget soaked with 2% lidocaine with epinephrine Alternatively, ... not be expected All contraindications to BNTI (including apnea) are relative, and include upper airway foreign bodies, bleeding diathesis (including heparinized, warfarinized, or recently thrombolyzed ... option to help maintain blood pressure during tracheal intubation C RSI not needed: the arrested, critically ill, or intrinsically sedated patient: Many patients requiring intubation in emergencies...
... impending complete airway obstruction Intubation is indicated in this patient to obtain and maintain a patent airway and for predicted clinical deterioration While making preparations for intubation, ... be appreciated that active airway interventions such as intubation are not without complications Intubation for the indications of obtaining and maintaining a patent airway and correction of gas ... resume, although intubation may still be indicated to maintain ongoing airway patency In the apneic patient, initial BLS maneuvers are still indicated to assess and establish airway patency, but...
... FUNCTIONAL AIRWAY ANATOMY The Upper Airway The immediate goal of airwaymanagement during resuscitation is to obtain a patent upper airway and ensure adequate oxygenation The upper airway may be defined ... to the airway ᭤ AIRWAY INNERVATION Knowledge of the innervation of the airway is important to the airway manager contemplating application of airway anesthesia to facilitate an “awake” intubation ... greater in infants and young children Optimal airway angulation for laryngoscopy is achieved in infants by placing a towel under the shoulders Preschoolers are usually in good intubating position...
... help align airway axes, in turn helping attain a direct line-ofsight view from the clinician’s eye to the laryngeal inlet (Fig 3–8, Chap 3) The sniffing position can be attained by placing folded ... the supine position If an awake intubation is 61 planned, the patient can be intubated in the sitting or semisitting position using DL or other intubation technique In this situation, the clinician ... Continuously reading capnographs are being used increasingly in out-of-operating room (OR) environments, using infrared spectrometry to measure and display carbon dioxide concentration in inspired and...
... are expensive to attain and maintain, and skills acquisition is also an issue, resulting in these instruments rarely being used for intubation by non-anesthesia clinicians Having said this, flexible ... routine use can be espoused over EGDs with a long history of safe use In addition, using an EGD that is in common use in an institution’s operating rooms increases the opportunity for obtaining ... laryngoscopy in teaching and in managing the difficult airway Surg Endosc 2006;20 Suppl 2:S479–483 53 Agro F, Barzoi G, Montecchia F Tracheal intubation using a Macintosh laryngoscope or a GlideScope in...
... intubation alone does not define an endpoint inairwaymanagement Although a priority, airwaymanagement is just one component in the resuscitation of the acutely ill patient The managing clinician ... laryngoscopy may ᭤ INTRODUCTION The indications for endotracheal intubation have been reviewed in Chap For the patient requiring intubation in an emergency, assuming an attending clinician with requisite ... patients requiring airwaymanagementin emergencies will need to be intubated Most intubations in emergencies are facilitated by direct laryngoscopy, so a good starting point for the airway evaluation...
... supporting the use of defasciculating agents prior to succinylcholine use in brain-injured patients In practice, succinylcholine is commonly used to facilitate intubation in this population.72 Succinylcholine ... aid inairwaymanagement It has a relatively slow onset time, taking up to 15 minutes for peak effect following an IV injection In addition, morphine can result in histamine release, making it ... following a repeat dose of succinylcholine In this regard, it is recommended that atropine be administered prior to giving a second dose of succinylcholine, even in a tachycardic patient Succinylcholine...
... intubation Acta Anaesthesiol Sin 1996;34(2):61–67 Robinson N, Clancy M In patients with head injury undergoing rapid sequence intubation, does pretreatment with intravenous lignocaine/lidocaine ... for establishing unresponsiveness, performing an airway opening maneuver, and assessing the patient’s breathing • For the clinician inexperienced in the use of EGDs or laryngoscopic intubation, ... RSI is, in fact, probably safe in penetrating neck injuries involving no direct or indirect (e.g., distortion of the airway by an adjacent neck hematoma) trauma to the airway However, clinically...
... patient safety In an attempt to address this problem, training using human patient simulators is becoming increasingly common Indeed, most trainees inairwaymanagement techniques will begin their ... understanding comparable to that of clinicians staffing the emergency department (ED) They must understand the indications and contraindications for advanced airway management, including tracheal intubation ... training) dilemmas Going forward, there is a significant need for training programs using airwaymanagement simulators4 of increased fidelity, coupled with multimedia presentations5 and expert instructors...
... larynx positioned in the thoracic inlet rather than the neck proper, resulting in intrathoracic placement of the trachea virtually in its entire length These challenges of individual anatomy ... discharge in the tracheostomy group None of the deaths in either group were airway related Table Follow-up telephone interviews assessed wound healing, voice changes, breathing or swallowing difficulties ... Physicians published guidelines for artificial airways in patients receiving mechanical ventilation in a consensus paper in 1989 [1] They suggested translaryngeal intubation for mechanical ventilation...
... secure an airwayin trauma patients with limited airway access [11] The aim of this study was to compare the use of iGEL™ and LTSII™ with ETI in manikins in settings designed to mimic airwaymanagement ... performed in the two different scenarios In addition, scenario B was constructed so that a significant increase in time spending could be anticipated if there was no training effect The finding of ... an increase in time for scenario B compared to scenario A of 2.4 seconds (p = 0.19) for the iGel™ Discussion Main findings Our results show that airwaymanagement with iGel™, LTSII™ and ETI in...
... of training to insert and use The aim of our study was to evaluate how well emergency medical personnel can insert the LT-D and maintain ventilation in a manikin without other prior training than ... Feasibility of written instructions inairwaymanagement training of laryngeal tube Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2011 19:56 Competing interests The authors ... the risk for complications [14] Training of airwaymanagementin emergency care should consist of didactic lessons and simulation Page of training in manikins The possibility of prehospital staff...
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