A-E assessment Flashcards
1
Q
What do you need to intubate?
A
Personnel
Intensivist/ Anaesthetist
Trained Resus Nurse/ Operating Theatre Practitioner
Equipment Bag Valve Mask Endotracheal tube Laryngoscope Bougie Ventilator Oxygen
2
Q
Indications for tracheostomy
A
Emergency Usually cricothyroidotomy Upper airway obstruction Can’t intubate, can’t ventilate Severe traumatic injury
Non-emergency Prolonged respiratory wean Post-head-and-neck surgery Long-term ventilation and tracheal toilet ‘Comatose’ patients Aspiration risk/poor cough Severe OSA
