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ICU Emergency AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
Dalhousie Critical Care Lecture Series
Introduction
• Case history• Airway assessment• Sedation the KISS approach• Ventilation vs. Intubation• Airway adjuncts• Education
Case History
• 56 y.o. male morbidly obese (BMI=38) with CAP.
• Gradual deterioration over 12 hours
• Failed non-invasive ventilation• On 100% O2 with O2 sats of 78% and RR of 40 obtunded BP 70/40
• Now what?
Airway Anatomy….
Airway Exam
• Mallampatti Score
Airway Exam• Thyromental Distance• (6cm / 3 FB)
• Jaw Subluxation
• Mouth Opening (3 FB)
• Atlanto-Occipital Extension (30 degrees)
Airway Anatomy….
Airway Exam
• Check old anesthetic records (remember Star Trek)
• IV Access unless in extremis (place tube)
• Sedation if necessary
Cormack-Lehane Laryngeal View
Definition Minimal Sedation -Anxiolysis
Conscious sedation is the use of medication to minimally depress the LOC in a patient while allowing the patient to continually and independently maintain a patent A/W and respond appropriately to verbal commands or gentle stimulation.
Chet Wyman, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Sedatives In The Ideal World
• Safe• Painless route of administration• Rapid predictable onset• Predictable duration• Reversible• Absence of cardio/respiratory/CNS depression
There are no drugs available which achieve these ideals!
Midazolam (Versed®)
•Short acting benzodiazepine
•used for sedation, anxiolysis, and amnesia
•also used as an induction agent for GA and as an adjunct to regional anesthesia.
Midazolam
Onset: 1-3 minutes
Peak Effect: 3-5 minutes
Duration of action: 45-60 minutes
Adverse reactions: Respiratory depression especially with opioids.
•Minimal hemodynamic effects
• Antagonist: Flumazenil
Fentanyl
•It is a synthetic opioid
•100 times more potent than morphine
•Mu1 receptors produce analgesia and physical dependence
•Mu2 receptors produce respiratory depression, nausea, vomiting, constipation and bradycardia
Fentanyl
•Onset: Immediate response
•Duration of action: < 60 minutes
•Half life: 2-4 hrs.
•Increased risk of respiratory depression when given with Benzodiazepines
•Antagonist: Naloxone
Etomidate
• 0.3 mg/kg, with a time to effect of 15 to 45 seconds
• duration of action of 3 to 12 minutes • most hemodynamically neutral of the sedative agents used for RSI
• The hemodynamic stability associated with etomidate makes it the drug of choice for the intubation of hypotensive patients, as well as an attractive option for patients with intracranial pathology, when hypotension must be avoided
Etomidate
• Some researchers have raised concerns regarding the safety of etomidate in the setting of adrenal insufficiency– Adrenal insufficiency in meningococcal sepsis: bioavailable cortisol levels and impact
of interleukin-6 levels and intubation with etomidate on adrenal function and mortality. AUden Brinker M; Joosten KF; Liem O; de Jong FH; Hop WC; Hazelzet JA; van Dijk M; Hokken-Koelega AC SOJ Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Sep;90(9):5110-7. Epub 2005 Jun 28.
– Should we use etomidate as an induction agent for endotracheal intubation in patients with septic shock?: a critical appraisal. AUJackson WL Jr SOChest 2005 Mar;127(3):1031-8.
– Risk factors of relative adrenocortical deficiency in intensive care patients needing mechanical ventilation. Care Med 2005 Mar;31(3):388-392.
• When intubating the critically ill patient with possible adrenal insufficiency, the clinician must weigh the relative risk of cortisol suppression against the hemodynamic instability that may be caused by other induction agents
Topical Anesthesia
Each spray = 10 mg of lidocaine Maximum dose = 5 mg/kgi.e. for 70 kg patient =35 sprays!
3 sprays of lidocaine to each location + 3 sprays behind tongue
Airway Management
4 Questions
1. Can I oxygenate this patient with a BVM?
2. Can I ventilate with a supra-glottic device (SGD) i.e. LMA?
3. Can I place a tube in the trachea?
4. Can I secure a surgical airway?
Murphy et al CJA 2005 52:3
Basic Airway Management
• Head tilt/chin lift
• Jaw thrust
• Mandibular
displacement
OPA
• Oropharyngeal Airway
– What size ?
– Contraindications ?
NPA
• Nasopharyngeal airway
– What size ?– Contraindications ?
Mask Ventilation Requires…
• Patent airway
• Proper fitting mask
• Good technique
• OPA/NPA
• PPV/Oxygen
2 Handed BVM
Difficult Ventilation
• MOANSM = difficult mask seal (full beard)
O = obese or airway obstruction
A = advanced ageN = no teethS = snore or stiff lungs
Hung and Murphy CJA 2004 51:10
Can I ventilate this patient ??•Beard
•Obese•Old•Teeth •Sleep apnea
Predictors of Difficult Intubation
• Small TM distance-beware the beard
• Poor mouth opening• High Mallampati score
• 84.9% sensitivity• 94.6% specificity• 35.5% PPV
Merah NA et al CJA 2005 52
Can’t Intubate/Can’t Ventilate
or Holy *@#& Phenomenon• Failed laryngoscopic intubations (0.05-0.35%)
• Can’t intubate/can’t ventilate (1:2250)
Benumof JL Airway Management Principles and Practice1996:124.
Time to intubate . . .
• Basic Equipment– PPV (BVM ventilation)– Oxygen– ETT– Suction– Laryngoscope– Bougie– LMA
Position Your Patient
• Sniffing Position• Flexion of lower cervical spine
• Extension of A-O joint
What Size Endotracheal Tube ?
• Adult male• 7.5-8.5
• Adult female• 6.5-7.5
• Pediatric• 4 + AGE/4
What Laryngoscope ?
Laryngoscopy
Intubation Confirmation !• Bronchoscopy, direct
visualization, carbon dioxide• Auscultation, compliance, condensation, chest wall excursion
• CXR
Airway Adjuncts
Cricoid Pressure
• New data suggests it is better to position larynx with right hand and then demonstrate position
• BURP larynx posterior, up and to the patient’s right
• C/I in c-spine fracture
Laryngeal Mask Airway
• Indication– Alternate to BMV– Difficult airway scenario
• Contraindications – Obese– Reflux– Full stomach
Bougie
• Tracheal “clicks”
• End point
• Right turn
Special Cases
• Obesity
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Head and neck cancer
• Trauma/Fractured c-spine
Obesity• Redundant tissue in oropharynx•Thoracic kyphosis FRC•Minimal apnea time• i.e. rapid desaturation
Positioning Obese Patients
The blue axis =ear to manubriumshould be level
Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Multisystem disease
• C1-C2 subluxation > 5mm clinical significant
• Arytenoid disease
• Restrictive lung disease
C1 and C2 Anatomy
Head and Neck Cancer
• Previous surgery and/or radiotherapy
• Tissues are “woody” immobile
• Supraglottic masses unable to see glottis impossible DL
• Or previous laryngectomy and No glottis!
• Consider bronchscopy
Head and neck masses
Epiglottis
Glottic opening
Supraglottic mass
C-spine Trauma
•Head Injury common
•In-line stabilization essential
•Maintain oxygenation and BP
In-line Stabilization
What about the Patient with Pneumonia?
• How would you manage this scenario?
Answer
• This is an emergency situation, Call for HELP
• Confirm patient is on 100% O2 !• Take a brief history including drugs (sedatives)
• Examine airway for ease of Ventilation and Intubation
• Assist ventilation, 2 handed BVM + OPA• Recheck vitals• Position patient for airway management• Do not make patient APNEIC