what do people look for in an “airway day”?
regional teaching today. being for novices, it meant that “airway day” was all about the basics of induction of anaesthesia and extubtation.
they got a consultant to talk about front of neck access, a very rare event overall in most anaesthetists' careers, which my colleagues found super interesting, and I found devoid of self-reflection
in contrast the talks about ventilation and preoxygenation which people usually zone out at – I found really interesting. proper applied physiology, that. and extubation – the boring bits that people tend to overlook because it's not as flashy as intubation, but is equally a high-risk event.