Subscriptions

Advertising

Resources

About Us

Contact Us

Create An Account Forgot Your Password?
Trouble logging in or creating an account? click here
Home This Month E-Weekly Newsletter Building a Facility Article Archive Second Opinions
Search:
Benchmarking
General Surgery
Accrediting/Quality
Anesthesia
Code/Bill/Reimburse
Building/Renovating
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20110124_ImageFirst_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120426_PDI_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20111003_Ansell_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120201_Provation_LB-154x100.gif
Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Las Vegas GI Doc Facing 28 Felony Counts in Hep C Case

Las Vegas physician Dipak Desai, MD, will face all 28 felony charges filed against him for allegedly exposing patients to hepatitis C, according to ...

New Device Helps Obese Patients Breathe Easier

Rice University engineering students have come up with a novel approach for lifting the excess abdomen weight that can hamper obese patients' breath...

How Effective are Your Infection Prevention Efforts?

Are your infection prevention efforts up to speed? It's generally advisable to find out before a site surveyor from a regulating or accrediting agen...

Archive >  Ambulatory Anesthesia 2006

How to Manage a Difficult Airway

To ensure the best outcomes, prepare for the worst-case scenario in all cases.

Carin Hagberg, MD

A difficult or failed airway only occurs once every 2,200 cases. That's the good news. The bad news is that anesthesia providers are likely ill-prepared when one does occur, because most have never performed or even practiced difficult airway management. In fact, only one-third of residency programs offer training programs specifically geared to difficult airway management.

Sign in to continue reading.
Email Address:
Password:
Categories: Anesthesia
Keywords:
Endotracheal exchange devices; Supraglottic ventilatory devices; Rescue techniques at the ready; Maximizing equipment value; Know the patient; Adult; Airway Algorithm; Airway Exchange Catheter; Algorithm; Arndt Airway Exchange Catheter; August; Catheter; Classic; Cleared; Combitube; Combitubes; two; Cricothy-rotomy; Decide; Difficult Airway Algorithm; Endotracheal; Eschmann; Exchange Catheter; Fastrach; Flexible, LMA Unique, LMA Fastrach; Frova Introducer; Holder; Improved; Introducer; LMA; LMA Classic; LMA Fastrach; LMA Flexible, LMA Unique, LMA Fastrach; LMA Proseal. Proseal's; LMA Unique, L... show all keywords
Endotracheal exchange devices; Supraglottic ventilatory devices; Rescue techniques at the ready; Maximizing equipment value; Know the patient; Adult; Airway Algorithm; Airway Exchange Catheter; Algorithm; Arndt Airway Exchange Catheter; August; Catheter; Classic; Cleared; Combitube; Combitubes; two; Cricothy-rotomy; Decide; Difficult Airway Algorithm; Endotracheal; Eschmann; Exchange Catheter; Fastrach; Flexible, LMA Unique, LMA Fastrach; Frova Introducer; Holder; Improved; Introducer; LMA; LMA Classic; LMA Fastrach; LMA Flexible, LMA Unique, LMA Fastrach; LMA Proseal. Proseal's; LMA Unique, LMA Fastrach; Laryngeal; Laryngeal Tube; Macintosh; Maximizing; Needle; Needle Holder; Obese; Percutaneous; Proseal's; Proseal. Proseal's; Rapi-Fit; Rescue; Seldinger; States; Three-quarters; Tracheal; Tube; Tube. Cleared; Unique, LMA Fastrach; United States; VETT; Variants; Visualizing; access; achieving; acute; addition; adult; advantages; age; airway; algorithm; allowing; alternative; anesthesia; anesthesiologists; angulation; anterior; anticipate; applied; approach; armed; array; artificial; aspiration; assess; assessment; attached; bad; bagmesh; battery-powered; biggest; blades; bleeding; blind; blood; bougies; bridge; bronchoscope; bronchoscopy; bundles; buying; cannula; capabilities; capable; care; case; catheter; catheters; channel; child; choice; clear; clinical; closer; combination; comfortable; commercial; common; compatible; complement; complications; conduit; considered; continued; cost; cricothyroid; cricothyrotomy; cuff; depending; designed; develop; developed; device; diameter; differences; difficult; difficult-airway; direct; directional; disposable; distal; double-lumen; effective; elastic; emergency; end; endo; endotracheal; enhance; equipment; esophageal; establish; evaluate; evaluation; excellent; exchange; expected; expensive; face; facemask; facility; failed; failure; fiberoptic; fiberscopes; final; flexible; found; full; gain; gastric; geared; general; glottic; good; guide; gum; handled; held; hesitation; high; highest; highly; hollow; ill-prepared; improved; improves; inadequate; incidence; incision; include; incorporates; increased; induction; injector; inlet; insertion; integrating; intended; intervening; interventional; introduced; introduction; intubation; involved; involves; issue; jet; kinds; laryngeal; laryngoscope; laryngoscopes; laryngoscopy; larynxes; lawsuits; life; life-saving; light; limited; limited-budget; listed; locate; long; low-pressure; lower; lumen; maintain; maintenance; major; make; making; manage; management; managing; manual; market; mask; massive; membrane; method; million; mind; minor; mobility; models; modified; money; monitor; mouth; movement; multiple; multiuse; narrow; nasally; neck; news; obstruction; occurs; offer; one-third; opening; option; orally; originally; oropharyngeal; outlet; oxygenation; packaged; passage; patient; patients; pediatric; perform; performed; place; placement; placing; plastic; popular; ports; positive; posterior; potential; practical; practice; pre-op; prepared; pressure; problems; procedure; procedures; produced; produces; programs; prophylactically; protect; provide; provider; purchases; quickly; rapid; rate; recent; recommend; recommended; reestablish; regurgitated; rehearse; reintubate; reported; reprocessing; rescued; residency; result; rigid; risk; risky; routine; scope; seal; sealing; seals; secretions; secure; securing; seek; sets; side; silicone; similar; single-lumen; single-use; size; sizes; skill; sleep; small; specifically; splash; spontaneous; sports; standard; stiff; stiffening; straight; structures; study; suction; sued; support; supraglottic; surgery; surgical; tapered; technique; techniques; technology; television; tip; top; trach; trachea; tracheal; training; transtracheal; trouble; tube; tube-changer; tubes; ultra-thin; understanding; undoubtedly; upper; user-friendly; valve; ventilate; ventilation; ventilator; ventilatory; versatile; videobronchoscope; visualize; well-accepted; wire; worldwide; worst-case; years

© Copyright Herrin Publishing Partners LP. REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPYRIGHTED CONTENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. We encourage LINKING to this content; view our linking policy here.

PRODUCT & SERVICE RESOURCES
Did You See This?
A showcase of products and services geared to make your facility better.

Architects' Showcase
Is a beautiful, efficient new facility in your future?
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120323_ORX_AR-300x250.jpg
Other Articles That May Interest You
High Court Considers Whether Nurses Can Give Expert Testimony in Nev. Outbreak Trials
Attorneys struggle to parse and present the evidence of what caused hepatitis C infections.
Secrets to Ultrasound-Guided Block Success
Facilities that use the technology can tout progressive pain management.
OR Insider Helps Patients Shop for Surgeons
Anesthesiologist-run service locates skilled physicians across the country.