![]() ![]() ![]() M – Mallampati: Oral access is assessed with the Mallampati scale.Is the larynx low enough in the neck to be accessible? The distance from the hyoid to the thyroid. Can the patient fit 3 fingers between the incisors? For optimum glottis visualization, an adequate mouth opening is required. Is the mandible length 3 fingers from the mentum to the hyoid bone? Submandibular space is adequate to accommodate the tongue making the visualization of the glottis easy. E – Evaluate 3-3-2: 3-3-2 rule is to assess the patient’s airway geometry to determine his or her suitability for direct laryngoscopy.L – Look externally: Look for external markers of difficult intubation these may include the following body habitus, head and neck anatomy (short neck), mouth (small opening, loose teeth or prominent teeth), jaw abnormalities (significant malocclusion), and beards.For example, neuromuscular paralysis should generally be avoided in patients with a high level of intubation difficulty. This helps us to think about alternatives of RSI. Assessment of airway: Anticipating difficulty in establishing an airway in emergency patients is the first step in avoiding major complications.Asses for difficult airway, and set plan B for failed airway.Peds tube size: (age+4) /4 or use Braselow tape.Equipment (tube, blade, Oxygen, suction, capnography, monitoring (ECG, BP, SpO2)).Cardiac/respiratory arrest (this will go to crash intubation).Total loss of facial/oropharyngeal landmarks.Prevent secondary brain injury or terminate seizure (status epilepticus).Minimize oxygen consumption and optimize oxygen delivery (e.g., sepsis).Failure of airway maintenance or protection or anticipated deteriorated clinical course.It is the method of choice for intubations in the Emergency Department due to its high success rates and the fewest complications. RSI is an advanced airway management technique that induces immediate unresponsiveness (induction agent) and muscular relaxation (neuromuscular blocking agent). Therefore, all junior doctors and trainees should be aware of this procedure in the early of their career. the intubation package was adopted and further developed by PROV-ED to be offered to facilities across the state.Airway management is one of the most important skills for an Emergency Department practitioner to master because failure to secure an airway can lead to mortality or morbidity.lack of medical staff, resulting in doctors having to perform multiple roles while simultaneously resuscitating a patient and directing the set-up for intubation.medical staff with varying levels of experience with the intubation process (including a reliance on locum doctors and General Practitioners).While not exclusively targeting smaller sites, the SSIP initiative particularly lends itself to rural and regional departments which face the additional challenges of: ED Staff Specialist Dr Jacob O’Gorman, introduced and intubation package to Gladstone Hospital ED, having used similar resources in the retrieval setting.ĭespite improvements in many metropolitan EDs and retrieval services increasing safety of intubation with use of standardised equipment, drugs, process and checklists, there appears to be scope to introduce similar improvements to other sites including regional and rural hospitals. ![]()
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