PerOral Endoscopic Myotomy Failed intubation | Final Exam Viva

About this episode

This episode discusses an airway emergency during a Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy procedure and the challenges faced in intubation.

Send us Fan Mail Check our the full viva in the Final Exam Course https://anaesthesia.thinkific.com/courses/FinalExam You are the duty anaesthetist at a busy tertiary hospital. Your provisional fellow calls you for urgent assistance with an airway emergency. They have performed a rapid sequence induction and attempted to intubate a 22-year-old man for a Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) procedure for type 2 achalasia in the main theatres. Intubation was attempted with a videolaryngoscope ...

People in this episode

Host: Lahiru Amaratunge

Topics covered

• anaesthesia
• airway management
• emergency medicine
• surgical procedures
• medical education

Keywords

• anaesthesia
• intubation
• airway emergency
• Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy
• type 2 achalasia
• videolaryngoscope
• medical training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: tertiary hospital, Final Exam Course

Places: 22-year-old man

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