The Vortex Approach: Management of the Unanticipated Difficult Airway
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The Vortex approach is unique in its simplicity, flexibility, team-oriented emphasis and the fact that it is directed not only at anaesthetists but all critical care specialities involved in airway management (anaesthesia, emergency medicine & intensive care) across multiple disciplines including clinicians from medical, nursing & paramedical backgrounds.
Nicholas Chrimes
Nicholas Chrimes is a specialist anaesthetist in Melbourne, Australia and an experienced simulation instructor. He has particular interests in education of junior healthcare staff and in simplifying clinical reasoning in emergency situations.
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The Vortex Approach - Nicholas Chrimes
The Vortex Approach: Management of the
Unanticipated Difficult Airway
By Nicholas Chrimes & Peter Fritz
Smashwords Edition
Copyright Nicholas Chrimes 2013.
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Comments by Senior Critical Care Physicians on the Vortex Approach
I see the Vortex model as an advance on the current unidirectional algorithms advocated for difficult airway management – Dr Mark Adams: Director of Anaesthesia, Monash Medical Centre
The Vortex describes the way I already think about difficult airway management but articulates it in a way that can be easily communicated to others – Dr Craig Walker: Director of Intensive Care, Monash Medical Centre
The Vortex is a simple way to ensure that when bad things could happen in a critical situation, the operator is given permission to return to the last safest step, reassess and 'take their own pulse' – Professor George Braitberg: Professor of Emergency Medicine, Southern Clinical School, Monash University; Director of Emergency Medicine, Southern Health
The Vortex approach describes the difficult airway as we teach it - carefully forward with a planned escape route – Dr John Monagle: Director of Anaesthesia, Southern Health; (Acting) Medical Director Critical Care Program, Southern Health
Contents
Terminology
Introduction
Goals of Airway Management
The Unanticipated Difficult Airway
Overview of the Vortex Approach
Use of the Vortex
Features of the Vortex
Emergency Surgical Airway
Facilitating an Optimal Attempt to Achieve Airway Patency
Assessing Airway Patency
Airway Training Programs
Conclusion
Glossary
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Other Publications by these Authors
Monash Simulation
Clinical Cred
References
Terminology
One of the challenges in discussing difficult airway management is that the precise meaning of even commonly used terms such as ‘apnoea’, ‘ventilation’, ‘oxygenation’, ‘surgical airway’ and even difficult airway
itself, are subject to varying interpretation by different clinicians. The intended definitions of the key terms, as they are used in the following text, are listed in the glossary at the end of the text.
Introduction
In emergency situations, established clinical protocols are intended to help avoid fixation, facilitate teamwork and help ensure that time critical management options are not delayed or overlooked. Observations in both clinical & simulated settings, however, demonstrate that adherence to a guideline or protocol may be compromised in situations that are stressful and time pressured. This demonstrates the need for emergency guidelines to be as simple as possible so that they can be recalled and implemented effectively in a crisis situation. It is also crucial that knowledge of the appropriate protocol is shared by all members of the team, to enable them to anticipate treatment priorities or to prompt the group if the performance of an individual becomes compromised [1]. The Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) guidelines for management of cardiac arrest [2] are probably the best known example of this, and have adopted the principle of creating a simple standardised protocol, applicable to all cardiac arrest situations and teaching it universally to all staff expected to be involved in this aspect of patient care.
Developing emergency guidelines for difficult airway management presents some unique challenges. Unlike cardiac arrest,