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CODE BLUE – WHEN AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST PREMATURELY DEPARTS A FREESTANDING SURGERY CENTER

The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The patient is having difficulty breathing, the oxygen saturation is less than 80%, the blood pressure is elevated at 170/100, and there is a facial hematoma developing in the right cheek which is inhibiting the patient’s ability to breathe. The patient is a 66-year-old woman admitted for a facelift, neck lift, and blepharoplasties.

Anesthesiologist

Anesthesiologist Operating Room General Anesthesia Surgery

ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, DON’T BE AFRAID TO CUT INTO A PATIENT’S NECK

The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The surgeon arrived and attempted to perform an emergency surgical airway, at which time the anesthesiologist successfully intubated the patient’s trachea as the hematoma was drained. A surgical airway is an invasive airway via the front of the patient’s neck into their trachea. The patient sustained anoxic brain injury and later died.”

Anesthesiologist

Anesthesiologist Post-Anesthesia Anesthesia General Anesthesia

CODE BLUE – WHEN AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST PREMATURELY DEPARTS A FREESTANDING SURGERY CENTER

ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, DON’T BE AFRAID TO CUT INTO A PATIENT’S NECK

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