Time:
10:00 - 10:45 | 14:15 - 15:00
Content:
20 minute lecture outlining the approach to airway management in patients living with obesity.
Includes physiological considerations, pre oxygenation plan, optimal positioning, Intubation and extubation strategies.
- Understand the physiology of obesity as it applies to airway management
- Recognise the importance of preoxygenation in this patient group and the methods available
- Understand the importance of patient positioning
- Learn strategies for successful intubation
- Understand the importance of planned extubation
Speaker:
Dr. Andrew McKechnie,
Consultant Anaesthetist and SOBA President
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust