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Challenging airway in a paediatric patient impaled by a freezer pop stick
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As experts of the human airway, it is our job as anaesthesiologists to control and secure the airway in the safest way possible for the patient. The perioperative anaesthetic plan always includes an airway component, ranging from bag-mask ventilation to endotracheal intubation. Routine surgical procedures may warrant a certain standardised airway strategy that may vary among institutions. However, there exist situations that are less common, in which standard airway practice is unclear. If the injury is suspected to be in a highly sensitive area and securing an airway may compromise or cause further injury, radiographic imaging may be warranted. …