Airway management
Question 3 (March 2019)
a) Name four airway risk factors that may indicate a difficult extubation? (4 marks)
b) Name 5 factors you can optimise prior to extubation (5 marks)
c) What strategies could you employ to manage a high risk extubation? (5 marks)
d) Outline the steps you would take to exchange an endotracheal tube to a supraglottic airway device (SAD) to aid extubation. (6 marks)
Question 4 (September 2018)
A patient presents for a total thyroidectomy:
a) Name 5 investigations that are specifically idicated in the properative assessment and why are they done? (5 marks)
In a euthryoid patient name:
b) 3 factors that the anaesthetist must consider during the induction phase of a total thyroidectomy (3 marks)
c) 5 factors that the anaesthetist must consider during the maintenance phase of a total thyroidectomy (5 marks)
d) 3 factors that the anaesthetist must consider during the extubation phase of a total thyroidectomy (3 marks)
e) Name 4 specific postoperative complications following this surgery (4 marks)