Hospital hosts workshops on how to intubate pediatric and obese patients

Today, Thursday and tomorrow, Friday, the VIII Symposium on difficult airway, Which annually celebrates the CEDIVA group. This year participating in the course of fifty international professionals with the aim of bringing knowledge of those working groups or anesthesiologists interested in progress in the advanced management of the difficult airway to improve the quality and technique of fibreoptic intubation.

According says Dr. Llobell, director of the symposium, "To achieve this goal it is essential to learn and improve its use, which makes it necessary to have continued practice to acquire greater skill and ability." The meeting this year will focus on the management of the flexible fiberoptic in three specific areas: pediatric patients, obese patients and ventilable, with practical training Cricothyrotomy no-no intubable patient.

At the inauguration of the course, the Manager of the Dénia Health Department, Ángel Giménez; the President of the Valencian Society of Anesthesiology, María Teresa Ibáñez and the directors of the symposium, Francisca Llobell and Yvon Bryan. The event was also attended by the Mayor of Dénia, Vicent Grimalt and the Councilor for Health, Cristina Morera.