Part 2 Final Exam Viva Demonstration - Airway surgery with Rachel

Thanks Rachel for your great work at this exam!

50yo Male (80kg) presents for your ENT list for a biopsy +/- removal of vocal cord tumour.

What specifics would you like to know on assessment?       
Hx of lesion includes
Diagnosis
Mass effect
Critical structure effects - effects on the airway, symptoms, positional and rapidity of progression
Mets
Metabolic effects of mass
meds and treatments
Cause
and complications

How do you prepare/mitigate the risk of laser ?                                                                                    
Patient: low fiO2. Wet gauze. Saline bucket. ETT, matt instruments
Safety officers. Laser testing. Goggles. 1 footplate. Warning signs, mask for plume

Airway options
Closed systems: ETT/MLT/Laserflex 
Advantages are: Familiarity, Protects airway, Control of ventilation, Minimal pollution                                                                                                                
Open systems: intermittent apnoea, Jet ventilation via  hunsaker, benjet, suspension laryngscope, transcricoid puncture.
Advantages are: Better view of larynx. Laser safe if no ignition source                  

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