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Anesthesiologist, Tired of Intubating in Era of COVID, Decides to Perform CABG Under Spinal

Gomer: Anesthesiology

The patient tolerated incision well, was able to hold his breath when directed by the surgeons, and was able to be successfully placed on the heart-lung machine.” Shortly after, the spinal anesthetic wore off and the patient was quickly placed under general anesthesia. said Willing Accomplice, the room’s circulating nurse.

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

The Anesthesia Consultant

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. In a cricothyroidotomy, the cricothyroid membrane is divided by a surgical incision made with a wide scalpel (#10 scalpel). A lubricated 6.0