General Anesthesia for a Posttonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy Bleed.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Providers at all levels should have some understanding of the pathophysiology and be able to manage such a patient in the operating room. In addition, any anesthetists providing pediatric care should be able to identify and understand the importance of other comorbid conditions in these patients. This simulation on posttonsillectomy and adenoidectomy hemorrhage in the pediatric patient presents a challenging case usually encountered in some form by most anesthesia residents during training. This simulation's objective is to challenge and further reinforce the knowledge of anesthesiology resident physicians who have completed 1 year of clinical anesthesia and at least 1 month of pediatric anesthesia.

Methods

The simulation can be delivered in a single session of

SUBMITTER: Breinholt CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6464412 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature