Rescue techniques
First alternative method when direct laryngoscopy fails
Videolaryngoscopy
Most serious immediate consequence of failed airway management
Cardiac Arrest
Organization that developed widely used difficult airway algorithm
Answer: Difficult Airway Society (DAS)
Supraglottic airway device commonly used in emergency airway management
LMA/I-gel
Condition causing rapid oxygen desaturation during failed intubation
CICV
Recommended maximum number of intubation attempts
3
Technique using a small camera to visualize vocal cords
Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy
Mechanism leading to inability to ventilate or intubate
Airway obstruction or muscle relaxation
Key principle in managing an anticipated difficult airway
Have a backup plan
Surgical airway technique of last resort
Cricothyrotomy
Long-term neurological consequences of prolonged hypoxia
Hypoxic brain injury
Components of a comprehensive difficult airway cart
Multiple sizes of tubes, alternative devices, surgical airway kit
Advanced rescue technique involving retrograde intubation
Percutaneous transtracheal jet ventilation
Rare but devastating complication of repeated intubation attempts
Dental and or laryngeal trauma
Most recent paradigm shift in difficult airway management protocol
Human Factors integration in airway management