Name
HOW TO INTUBATE ALMOST ANY EXOTIC COMPANION MAMMAL: LECTURE AND HANDS-ON LABORATORY
Speakers
Description
Endotracheal intubation provides airway control and improves patient safety. However,
small exotic mammals – especially rabbits and rodents – can seem nearly impossible to intubate. Lab
participants will learn how to overcome the obstacles to intubation in these species. Didactic lecture will
be followed by on-screen demonstration of rabbit/rodent glottal anatomy and various blind and visual
intubation techniques including blind intubation with and without a tracheal guide (catheter or wire),
direct visual intubation using laryngoscope or otoscope, side-by-side intubation with the aid of an
endoscope, and over-the-endoscope intubation. Participants will then practice these on rabbit cadavers
and a variety of other small exotic mammal cadavers.
Session Type
Hands-On Workshop (4 Hr)