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In this 111th episode I welcome Dr. Zandy Hillel to the show. Dr. Hillel is an otolaryngologist here at Johns Hopkins and we discuss tracheostomies, Cricothyrotomies, laryngeal surgery and difficult airways.
CME: https://earnc.me/beqG3N
References:
Crichothyrotomies:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30054081
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30726035
Difficult Airway Response Teams:
Great podcast. Interviewer asked pertinent and timely questions and the guest was great as well.
I’d add that any time you care for a trach patient, make note of whether or not their device requires the presence of an inner cannula to interface with standard ventilator/BVM adapters.
Some common brands make it impossible to connect a patient to a vent or BVM without the inner cannula in place, so if that gets lost, broken, or obstructed you need to either replace it with a compatible piece or exchange the trach entirely.
This is one of those pieces of information that is unpleasant to discover in the heat of the moment.
Great point, thanks Colin!