Dr. Charisse Kwan

• Present material at the level of a PEM fellow/adult emergency medicine consultant.
• Highlight evidence-based management and variations in practice patterns where appropriate.
• Utilize a case-based approach to review considerations around the difficult pediatric airway.

Specifically:

• Identify predictors of a difficult pediatric airway
• Discuss the use of various supplemental equipment in management of a difficult pediatric airway (bougie, GlideScope, airway introducer)
• Review indications and techniques for needle cricothyroidotomy and a surgical airway
• Review difficult airway cases highlighting the key considerations for various scenarios. 

Children's Hospital, London, ON