Week 2: Airway and oxygenation

Things to think about

• What are the different airway devices in use on critical care?

• What are the indications for emergency airway management?

• When things go wrong: Difficult airway algorithms

• The difference when managing tracheostomies and laryngectomies

• Oxygen physiology (oxygen cascade, alveolar gas equation, OHDC, and why is it relevant?)

• Methods of oxygen delivery other than just the ventilator

Resources

Airway:

• Introduction to airway equipment (SAVEd)

• Airway "masterclass" 1, 2, and 3 (ATOTW)

• Tracheostomies (SAVEd)

• More tracheostomies (ATOTW)

• Managing the obstructed airway (BJAEd)

• Airway management in epiglottitis (IBCC)

• Airway Matters - Free online course (UCL)

• PHEA - critical care airways outside of critical care (ATOTW)

Oxygenation:

• Oxygen delivery and haemoglobin (BJAEd) - the secret to everything in ICU

• Hypoxaemia lecture (Dr Sharman)

• High flow oxygen (ATOTW)

Key trials and guidelines

• NAP 4 - airway badness happens on ICU

• Difficult Airway Society guidelines

• ICS/DAS statement on emergency airway management in the critically ill

• Tracheostomy and laryngectomy algorithms

• FLORALI 2, HFNC vs BVM and PROTRACH - preoxygenation for emergency airway management