Senior Director of Education Life Link III Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Management of the difficult airway is one of the most relevant issues for transport crews. Despite revolutionary innovations in airway management, innovative techniques are an important tool. The difficult airway is a rare phenomenon. The incidence of difficult face-mask ventilation ranges from 1.4 to 5.0%, and the incidence of impossible ventilation from 0.07 to 0.16%. Management of the difficult airway is an important issue since even small changes in the performance of airway management are highly relevant to the outcome.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the procedure for an inverse intubation procedure.
Discuss the importance of the Monroe Kellie Hypothesis.