For the purposes of this session the following definitions are used:
Difficult airway is being used to describe:
Failed intubation is the inability to successfully place an endotracheal tube after three attempts by a competent airway practitioner [4].
Can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate (CICO) is when a failed intubation is compounded by an inability to maintain adequate oxygen saturation with BVM.
The image shows a saturation monitor displaying low sats.