Assistant Professor University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
This presentation intends to elevate the airway management skills of anesthesia providers with focused attention to surgical airway skills namely the scalpel-bougie front of neck access technique. This presentation is divided into 3 sections. First, the presentation will use evidence-based medicine to describe the persistent technical gaps with airway management and its impact on morbidity and mortality. Second, the presentation will discuss the scalpel-bougie front of neck access surgical airway technique. Third, the presentation will discuss a streamlined workshop for teaching this technique to anesthesia providers at their home institution.
Learning Objectives:
Recognize the hurdles to performing a surgical airway.
Understand the psychological hurdles to performing a surgical airway when needed.
Identify and verbalize the steps of the scalpel-bougie front of neck surgical airway technique.
