Airway

Question 1

Neck flexion should reach this angle

Answer 1

85 degrees

Question 2

Neck extension should reach this angle

Answer 2

70 degrees

Question 3

Neck rotation should reach this angle

Answer 3

80 degrees

Question 4

Ear to shoulder should reach this angle

Answer 4

40 degrees

Question 5

Adding a pillow under the patient’s head aligns these two axises

Answer 5

LA and PA

Question 6

Sniffing position aligns

Answer 6

OA with LA and PA

Question 7

Strong predictors of difficult airway

Answer 7

Buck teeth
Receding mandible
Decreased jaw movement
Decreased head and neck movement
Short neck
Obesity (thick neck)

Question 8

_____% of all anesthetics are difficult airways

Answer 8

1-7%

Question 9

When does difficult airway management occur?

Answer 9

66% on induction
15% intra-op
11% extubation
5% PACU
3% pre-induction

Question 10

What is needed on the difficult airway cart?

Answer 10

1) Alternate laryngoscope blades from what is typically used
2) ETTs of different sizes
3) ETT Guides (bougie, semi-rigid stylets, light wands, forceps designed to manipulate the distal end of the ETT)
4) Supraglottic airway devices (LMAs and combitubes)
5) Fiberoptic intubation equipment
6) Retrograde intubation equipment
7) Jet ventilation equipment
8) Surgical airway equipment (cric)
9) Expired CO2 detector