S5 Ep. 9: How do I breathe, part 4 (Complex airway management)

Today is the final episode of our airway series where we discuss lots of wonderful and complex airway scenarios with special guest, Dr Nadia Vargas.  Our first case - case number 6 - is one where you are called to the intensive care unit to the bedside of a 54 year old female patient who had a percutaneous tracheostomy placed earlier that day. She is now hypoxic with oxygen saturation of 82%. Case number 7 is a 58 year old female patient presenting for a panendoscopy after presenting  with a hoarse voice. A suspicious looking nodule was seen during a fiberoptic nasal endoscopy in the Ear, Nose and Throat outpatient clinic. We finally end our discussion with case number eight. You have anaesthetised a 27 year old male patient for placement of a Halo traction brace for a cervical spine injury. He was initially a Cormack & Lehane grade 3 view on direct laryngoscopy with a POGO of 10% after changing to a C-MAC video laryngoscope and a D-blade, and with excellent positioning. Now you are tasked with extubating this patient. As a special treat for the ears, you'll hear us all chuckling at points during the interview. At our feet were two very well behaved pups that, on occasion, made us laugh and wagged their tails against the metal legs of the desk. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you! And don't forget to claim CPD for listening if you are a consultant or fellow. Log us as a learning session which you can find within the knowledge and skills division, and as evidence upload a screenshot of the podcast episode. Thanks for listening, and happy studying!  Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. We love hearing from you! And don't forget to claim CPD for listening if you are a consultant or fellow. Log us as a learning session which you can find within the knowledge and skills division, and as evidence upload a screenshot of the podcast episode. Thanks for listening, and happy studying!