Airway Management and Ventilation

Unit II — Airway Management and Ventilation

How it begins

Anatomía aplicada, manejo básico y avanzado de la vía aérea, secuencia de intubación rápida, vía aérea difícil, ventilación mecánica invasiva y no invasiva, y oxigenoterapia de alto flujo.

What it covers

1. Airway Management and Ventilation
2. Airway Anatomy
3. Airway Obstruction Mechanisms
4. Physiology of Ventilation
5. · Pulmonary and Thoracic Compliance
6. · Lung Volumes and Capacities
7. · Key Pathophysiological Principles in Emergencies
8. Arterial Monitoring and Gasometry
9. · Pulse oximetry (SpO₂)
10. · Capnography (EtCO₂)
11. · Arterial Gasometry — Systematic Interpretation
12. Manual Airway Opening Maneuvers
13. Oropharyngeal and Nasopharyngeal Cannulas
14. · Oropharyngeal Cannula (Guedel)
15. · Nasopharyngeal Cannula (Trumpet)
16. Bag-Mask Ventilation (BVM)
17. Conventional Oxygen Therapy
18. Supraglottic Devices (DSG)
19. Orotracheal intubation (OTI)
20. · Intubation Indications
21. · Step-by-Step Technique — Orotracheal IOT with Direct Laryngoscopy
22. · Cormack-Lehane classification
23. · Videolaryngoscopy
24. Rapid Intubation Sequence (SIR)
25. · Fundamental Principles of SIR
26. · 7 Step Protocol ("7 P" of the SIR)
27. · SIR drugs
28. Difficult Airway
29. · VAD Prediction Tools
30. · Difficult Airway Management Algorithm
31. Emergency Cricothyroidotomy
32. · Surgical Cricothyroidotomy (4-Step Technique — DAS 2015)
33. · Percutaneous Cricothyroidotomy (Seldinger Technique)
34. · Emergency Percutaneous Tracheostomy
35. Principles of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation (IMV)
36. · Equation of Motion of the Respiratory System
37. · Initial Parameters in Mechanical Ventilation
38. Ventilatory Modes
39. · Protective Ventilation in ARDS (Berlin Strategy)
40. Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation (NIMV)
41. · Indications and Contraindications of NIV
42. · Initial Setting of BiPAP Parameters
43. High Nasal Flow Oxygen Therapy (HFNO / OAF)
44. · Physiological Mechanisms of Benefit
45. · Indications for HFNO in Emergencies
46. Complications of Mechanical Ventilation