Airway Evaluation and Management in Trauma

How do you manage the airway in trauma? How do you identify a difficult airway? What are techniques and devices to maintain an airway?

What is a definitive airway?

How can you use checklists to be safer when managing the trauma airway?

What are the steps to intubate a patient?



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Welcome back team! The trauma airway is an incredibly important topic whether you're in the trauma bay or anywhere else in or out of the hospital. There is a reason that the trauma ABDCE algorithm begins with A, and Airway is absolutely essential to the patient and you should be comfortable with it.

In this video we're going to answer all of the questions above and supplement what you've already learned in your studies.


If you haven't checked out the first video in the trauma series on how to do a primary and secondary survey in trauma then definitely check that out first:

https://citizensurgeon.co/InitialAsse...


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Check out these SWEET time stamps if there is a particular topic you're interested in jumping to:

00:00 Start
01:48 Why is the airway important?
02:26 What are the pitfalls in the trauma airway?
05:15 What is a definitive airway?
07:26 Learn about airway obstruction
10:03 How to manage the airway in trauma?
12:03 How to predict a difficult airway? LEMON
16:03 How to maintain an airway in trauma?
17:57 Extraglottic airways
19:40 When do you need a definitive airway?
20:40 Getting reading to intubate with checklists
24:23 How do you know you're in the airway?

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Difficult Airway Guidelines: https://citizensurgeon.co/difficultai...

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