Critical Airway Equipment in COVID Positive Patients - Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed an unprecedented strain on healthcare systems around the world. The goal of this video is to enable you to find, assemble and deploy critical airway equipment in the event that our Respiratory Therapist workforce is overwhelmed or unavailable.
This video provides an overview of critical airway equipment for the emergency room physician.
By the end of this video, you will be familiar with 5 critical tasks:
Find and deploy a variety of oxygen delivery devices
Prepare equipment for Rapid Sequence Intubation
Assemble the ventilator circuit
Leak test the ventilator
Input basic patient-specific ventilator settings
Please listen to the audio when watching this video
Disclaimer:
This video is intended as a resource for clinicians caring for critically-ill COVID-19 patients. It is based on available evidence, recommendations of governing bodies, and expert opinions. It is specific to Mount Sinai hospital in Toronto.
While we will attempt to keep this video up-to-date, the literature and practice on COVID-19 are rapidly evolving, and we suggest that practitioners search for the most up-to-date information on any specific topic. Finally, this video was developed based on local practice patterns and infrastructure; local factors should be taken into account if utilized at other hospitals.