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1 Jeffrey M. Elder, M.D. Deputy Medical Director
New Orleans EMS Airway Lecture Series: Lecture 1 Predicting the Difficult Airway RSI Failure Rate 1% Jeffrey M. Elder, M.D. Deputy Medical Director

2 When To Intubate? Failure to maintain/protect the airway
Required for successful oxygenation and ventilation Reflexes avoid aspiration Clear vocal communication is a good measure for airway protection/patency Absence of a gag reflex not sensitive or specific as indicator for the need of an airway (swallowing) Swallowing requires sensing the presence of pooled material and complex muscular actions to swallow Spontaneous respirations ≠ airway protection

3 When To Intubate? Failure of Ventilation or Oxygenation
Supplemental oxygen not effective: ARDS Respiratory fatigue/failure: Asthma Can be reversible: Opioid overdose

4 When To Intubate? Anticipated Clinical Course Examples:
Deterioration of the critically ill Patient is exposed to a period of increased risk: Long transport time, air evacuation, etc. Requires clinical gestalt Examples: Head injury/combative Expanding hematoma Expanding hematoma of the neck – prevertebral space hematoma may not be visible

5 Approach to Evaluating the Airway
Ask a question: What is your name? Response can tell you about airway and neurological status Normal voice, ability to inhale and exhale in a manner required for speech, comprehending the question Only tells you about 1 moment in time If unable to phonate properly: perform a detailed assessment of the airway

6 Approach to Evaluating the Airway
Examine Mouth and Oropharynx Bleeding Swelling of Mouth or Uvula Any abnormality that would interfere with the passage of air Examine Mandible and Central face integrity

7 Approach to Evaluating the Airway
Examine the Anterior Neck, Larynx, and Trachea: Palpate for subcutaneous air Tracheal injury, pulmonary injury, esophageal rupture, gas forming infections Monitor the Respiratory Pattern Stridor = upper airway obstruction Subauditory stridor = needs stethoscope to hear

8 Approach to Evaluating the Airway
Observe the chest through several respiratory cycles Look for symmetrical, concordant chest movement Paradoxical movement or flail chest Diaphragmatic breathing – spinal cord injury

9 Approach to Evaluating the Airway
Auscultation of the chest Assess adequacy of air exchange Decreased breath sounds in hemothorax, pneumothorax, or other pulmonary process Monitor pulse oximetry, capnography, and mentation ABGs rarely helpful in the decision to intubate Anticipate clinical course!

10 Identification of the Difficult and Failed Airway

11 The Failed Airway Failure to maintain acceptable oxygen saturation during or after on or more failed laryngoscopic attempts (CICO) or Three failed attempts at orotracheal intubation by an experienced intubator, even when oxygen saturation can be maintained. *From Manual of Emergency Airway Management CICO= can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate

12 Clinical presentations of the Failed Airway
There is not sufficient time to evaluate or attempt a series of rescue options, and the airway must be secured immediately because of an inability to maintain O2 sats via BVM. (CICO) There is time to evaluate and execute various options because the patient is in a “can’t intubate, can oxygenate situation”

13 Four Technical Operations of the Difficult Airway
Difficult Bag Valve Mask Ventilation MOANS Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation LEMON Difficult Extra-Glottic Device RODS Difficulty Cricothyrotomy SHORT

14 Difficult Bag-Mask Ventilation: MOANS
Mask Seal Obstruction/Obesity Age >55 No Teeth Stiff lungs M: can use KY on beard, but slimy mess O: resistance (chest wall, abd. Wall) redundant airway tissues A: loss of muscle and tissue tone N: face caves in.. Leave dentures or place gauze in cheeks S: high airway pressures: asthma, copd, pulm dz

15 Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation: LEMON
Look Externally Evaluate 3-3-2 Mallampati Score Obstruction/Obesity Neck Mobility

16 Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation: LEMON
Look Externally Gestalt Gut Feeling First Impression – “This looks bad!”

17 Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation: LEMON
Evaluate Rule: Relates the mouth opening to size of the mandible to the position of the larynx in terms of likelihood of successful visualization of the glottis by direct laryngoscopy

18 Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation: LEMON
Mouth must open adequately to permit visualization past the tongue when both the blade and ET tube are within the oral cavity The mandible must be sufficient size to allow the tongue to be displaced fully into the submandibular space The glottis must be located a sufficient distance caudad from the base of the tongue so that a direct line of site can be created to look from mouth to vocal cords as the tongue is displaced inferiorly

19 Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation: LEMON
First “3” Assesses for mouth opening 3 fingers between the upper and lower incisors

20 Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation: LEMON
Second “3” Length of the Mandibular space Mentum to hyoid

21 Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation: LEMON
“2” Position of the glottis in relation to the base of the tongue Space from Chin-neck junction (hyoid) to and thyroid notch

22 Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation: LEMON
Mallampati Sitting Up Head in sniffing position Open mouth, protrude tongue without phonation Class I-IV Class I & II = low intubation failure rate Class III & IV = intubation failure may be > 10%

23 Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation: LEMON

24 Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation: LEMON
Obstruction/Obesity Four Cardinal Signs of Upper Airway Obstruction: Muffled voice Difficulty swallowing secretions Stridor Sensation of dyspnea Dyspnea = critical obstruction

25 Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation: LEMON
Stridor Occurs when airway circumference is less than 50% of normal (4.5mm or less) May quickly lead to total obstruction with administration of opiates or benzos Loose the stenting of open airways Prepare for double set up

26 Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation: LEMON
Neck Mobility C spine immobilization may compound the effects of other difficult airway markers Trauma, RA, Ankylosing Spondylitis May require video laryngoscopy Video laryngoscopy – less neck movement

27 Difficult Extraglottic Device: RODS
Restricted Mouth Opening Obstruction Disrupted or Distorted Airway Stiff Lungs or Cervical Spine

28 Difficult Extraglottic Device: RODS
Restricted Mouth Opening Allowing for oral access to insert device

29 Difficult Extraglottic Device: RODS
Obstruction Upper airway obstruction at larynx or below EGD will not bypass this obstruction

30 Difficult Extraglottic Device: RODS
Disrupted or Distorted Airway Seat/Seal compromised of the device Flexion deformity of the neck

31 Difficult Extraglottic Device: RODS
Stiff Lungs or Cervical Spine Increased airway resistance Severe Asthma Decreased pulmonary compliance Pulmonary Edema Decreased Cervical Movement

32 Difficult Cricothyrotomy: SHORT
Surgery or Disrupted Airway Hematoma (infection/abscess) Obesity Radiation Tumor Cric. rate – 0.5% medical; 2.3% in trauma

33 Difficult Cricothyrotomy: SHORT
Surgery or Airway Disruption Anatomy distortion Halo Device Old Tracheotomy, etc

34 Difficult Cricothyrotomy: SHORT
Hematoma Infection Trauma or Postop Not a contraindication

35 Difficult Cricothyrotomy: SHORT
Obesity Access Short neck Large pannus Subcutaneous Emphysema Careful palpation to overcome!

36 Difficult Cricothyrotomy: SHORT
Radiation Distortion of Anatomy Scar Tissue Fixed Flexion Deformity of the Spine

37 Difficult Cricothyrotomy: SHORT
Tumor Extrinsic Intrinsic Access and bleeding issues

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39 Acknowledgement Manual of Emergency Airway Management, 3rd Edition. Walls, R. and Murphy, M


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