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Category Airway
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Blind Digital Intubation

Digital intubation allows intubation to be performed without a laryngoscope or a view of the larynx; may be performed with or without a bougie
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Awake Intubation

Awake Intubation can be performed using direct or video laryngoscopy or using a fiberoptic scope, and various methods of topicalisation/ local anaesthesia are described
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Angioedema

Angioedema is a clinical diagnosis characterized by the abrupt onset of non-pitting, non-pruritic swelling that involves the reticular dermis, subcutaneous, and submucosal layers
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Airway in Neck Trauma

Airway in Neck Trauma: potentially a life-threatening emergency with a difficult airway, need to assess rapidly and get help early
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Peri-intubation life threats

VAPOURS is a mnemonic that can be used to ensure that life threats during the emergency peri-intubation period are addressed (a Levitanism, but with anglicised spelling!)
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Airway in Maxillofacial Trauma

Maxillofacial trauma directly impacts on the airway resulting in compromise and hindering attempts to secure the airway delays in securing the airway may lead to morbidity and mortality
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Airway Assessment

This page is currently under revision OVERVIEW The goal of airway assessment is to identify patients who may have difficult airways, mandating alternate approaches to airway management “History predicts the future” – whenever possible identify: the patient’s previous intubation grade…

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Surgical Cricothyroidotomy

Surgical Cricothyroidotomy; open procedure performed to secure the airway via an incision in the cricothyroid membrane - aka emergency surgical airway (ESA)