This page covers some of the pediatric airway issues that can arise in any ER.
The problem for rural family practice physicians is that these type of scenarios are fortunately not common,
but they do present and they provoke enormous amounts of anxiety.
Like so many areas of rural ER, it behooves the family doctor to be at least familiar
with the steps in airway management for children, but also to ideally
have practiced these in at least a simulation setting.
The link below covers some of the issues related to Pediatric Airway management.
(NB: Best viewed in 'Slide Show' format, as videos will only play in 'Slide Show'.)
