
Episode 36: Pediatric respiratory anatomy and physiology with Dr. Schwengel
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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How to Treat Laryngospasm in Children
The epiglottis is an issue, right? With kids, this is something that comes up a lot. It's typical for it just to keep sliding off of your laryngoscope blade when you're attempting laryngospasm. Your passage of the endotracheal tube. People have different strategies for dealing with this. Some people prefer to place the tip of the blade into the volecula like you do in adults. Another is to just know that you might not get a perfect view. If you can see the erytenoids, you know where the glottis is and you really don’t have to have a full view of the gl
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