RT Book, Section
A1 Sahasranaman, Venketraman
A1 Safi, Tarang
A1 Chung, Mabel
A1 Berger, Jay
A2 Oropello, John M.
A2 Pastores, Stephen M.
A2 Kvetan, Vladimir
SR Print(0)
ID 1136413681
T1 Airway Management/The Difficult Airway
T2 Critical Care
YR 1
FD 1
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071820813
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1136413681
RD 2024/09/13
AB KEY  POINTSThe  anatomy  of  the  airway  starts  at  either  the  nasopharynx  or  oropharynx,  and  continues  inferiorly  past  the  larynx  into  the  trachea.In  an  emergency  when  the  patient  cannot  be  intubated  or  ventilated,  the  airway  can  be  surgically  entered  via  the  cricothyroid  membrane.Difficult  ventilation  is  a  situation  in  which  adequate  ventilation  cannot  be  achieved.Identifying  patients  with  potentially  difficult  airways  is  essential  due  to  the  increased  incidence  of  complications  associated  with  difficult  intubations.Preoxygenation  increases  the  safety  buffer  time  available  during  the  peri-intubation  period.In  order  to  insure  amnesia,  analgesia,  and  muscle  relaxation  during  intubation,  a  balanced  approach  utilizing  multiple  medications  are  required.Confirmation  of  correct  placement  of  the  endotracheal  tube  can  be  accomplished  directly  by  visualizing  the  tube  passing  through  the  vocal  cords  or  indirectly  by  auscultating  bilateral  breath  sounds,  observing  rise  and  fall  of  the  chest  wall,  and  by  capnography.The  risk  of  aspiration  in  patients  with  suspected  or  known  full  stomachs  can  be  decreased  by  utilizing  a  rapid  sequence  intubation  technique.