Situation category

Medical

26 scenarios

Medical

Severe asthma / COPD crash airway

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Flash pulmonary edema / SCAPE

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DKA / severe metabolic acidosis

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Septic shock / peri-arrest airway

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Massive PE / RV failure

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Airway edema / angioedema

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Anaphylaxis with airway compromise

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Overdose / aspiration risk

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Massive upper GI bleed / hematemesis

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Morbid obesity / OSA / difficult preoxygenation

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Pregnancy airway

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Caustic ingestion / airway burns

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Opioid overdose / aspiration risk

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Status epilepticus airway

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GI bleed / hematemesis airway

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Pregnancy / perimortem airway

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Morbid obesity / OSA hypoxemic airway

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Anaphylaxis with airway involvement

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Salicylate toxicity / toxicologic hyperventilation

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Neuromuscular weakness / impending respiratory failure

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Massive hemoptysis / airway flooding

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Drowning / submersion injury

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Carbon monoxide / cyanide smoke exposure

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Cardiac arrest airway priorities

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Pulmonary hypertension crisis

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Severe pneumonia / ARDS physiology

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Educational resource only. Use institutional protocols, local policy, and bedside clinical judgment.