Sydney Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre Management of the Critically Obstructed Airway Session 1: Why is CICO a problem?
Is CICO rare? Incidence 1:225,000 to 1:56,000 1:10-20,000 anaesthetics = CICO Cases per year : 1500 20 year career : 20*1500= cases Maybe...1 case of CICO in a career.... Not including those you are called to help out with YES, but it accounts for 25% of all anaesthesia related deaths
NAP4 What is NAP4? Prospective audit of serious airway complications in the UK over one year death brain damage surgical airway unexpected ICU admission Results 2.9 million anaesthetic procedures 184 serious airway complications 133 anaesthesia-related (1: ) 58 involved surgical airway attempt (1:50 000) 25 by the anaesthetist Only 9 successful!
Why is CICO a problem? It is an infrequently encountered life threatening problem that is sub-optimally managed
Elaine Bromiley
How is CICO poorly managed? Not anticipated – 29% occur at end of anaesthesia or during recovery period Inadequate supraglottic rescue Unwillingness to stop supraglottic rescue and attempt infraglottic rescue Disorganisation and lack of a cohesive plan Lack of access to, or familiarity with equipment Technical failure ‘Elements of poor planning, poor judgement, deviation from recognised algorithms and failures of technical skills were seen throughout the reports submitted to the project (NAP4)’
Four cases, all CICO In all cases no emergency surgical airway was attempted, or it was attempted too late Authors propose explanation for failure to move beyond attempts at intubation and/or bag mask ventilation
CICO Plan Part 1 Supraglottic Airway Rescue Part 1 Supraglottic Airway Rescue Part 2 Transition to CICO Part 2 Transition to CICO Part 3 Infraglottic Airway Rescue Part 3 Infraglottic Airway Rescue