Difficult Airway Management Airway Workshop HSM

Which is/are the following is difficult airway predictors

• Small nose

• Mallampati class III

• Obesity

• Thyromental distance (TMD) >3 finger breadths

When direct intubation failed, what equipment/s can help in successful intubation

• Bougie

• Video laryngoscope

• Supraglottic Airway Device

• Scalpel thyroidotomy

What is the Plan B in DAS guideline 2015?

• Facemask Ventilation

• Scalpel cricothyroidotomy

• Supraglottic airway device
  insertion

• Wake the patient up

What are the maximum number of attempts for intubation before proceed to Plan B

• Maximum 1 + 1 attempts

• Maximum 2 + 1 attempts

• Maximum 3 + 1 attempts

• Maximum 4 + 1 attempts

The ASA definition for "difficult mask ventilation" are:

• Inadequate mask seal

• Excessive gas leak

• Excessive resistance to the
  ingress or egress of gas

What is CICO stand for?

• Can Intubate, Can Oxygenate

• Can Intubate, Can't
  Oxygenate

• Can't intubate, Can
  Oxygenate

• Can't Intubate, Can't
  Oxygenate

What can you use to help optimises airway anatomy when intubating an obese patient?

• Neck collar

  
  

• Ramping up the patient

  
  

• Head of the bed sloping
  downwards

• Put the patient in the
  recovery position