Anesthesia Made Easy: The Survival Guide to Make Your First Anesthesia Rotation a Success by Jeff Steiner DO

Author:Jeff Steiner DO [Steiner DO, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Two Pugs Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-07-06T05:00:00+00:00

24. Adult Airway Management

Perhaps you are doing an airway rotation or an “anesthesia rotation” just to get experience managing airways. There are a few things that can make your experience more useful.

Before you start your rotation, read through this chapter and have someone show you how to do these skills on a mannequin or watch some YouTube vides to see how it is done. Airway skills require the three p’s: patience, patients, and practice.

When someone is showing you these skills in the OR, pay close attention to each step.

Don’t worry about speed when you are starting. Get the mechanics down and the speed will come. Remember: ”Slow is smooth … Smooth is Fast.”

There is nothing worse than traumatizing an airway and causing bleeding by being too aggressive. Keep a constant flow of communication between you and your staff to let them know what you feel and see: “The patient is easy to mask.” “I see the epiglottis.” “The tube is passing through the vocal cords.”

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