Photographed with the patients permission |
Welcome to our blog! We're off to Uganda to work as part of the 'SAFE Course' - an AAGBI (IRC) sponsored initiative aiming to reduce maternal mortality through the delivery of safe anaesthesia. Don't worry there will be some time for fun too.....and hopefully gorillas!
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Difficult airway....!
This is for all the anaesthetists I'm afraid. This lady gave her consent to be put in our blog with her photo. Awake intubation was performed, not quite as we'd expect from our western practice however. A gargle of 2% lidocaine and direct laryngoscopy was performed, awake. Seemed to work well actually...
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