#410: Postoperative Pediatric Airway Emergencies

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

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#407: Postoperative Pediatric Airway Emergencies Pediatric airway emergencies in the postoperative setting are high-impact events that can quickly escalate to cardiac arrest, so it’s vital you recognize and act on them immediately. In this episode, you’ll review: Unique features of the pediatric airway Risk factors for postoperative respiratory complications in children Performing a focused pediatric respiratory assessment Signs of respiratory distress in children Common postoperative respiratory complications including desaturation, upper airway obstruction, laryngospasm, bronchospasm, and oversedation/loss of ventilation ___________________ Full Transcript - Read the article and view references Episode 140 - Listen to episode 140 for an overview of pediatric respiratory distress. FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Study Sesh - Change the way you study with this private podcast that includes dynamic audio formats including podquizzes, case studies and drills that help you review and test your recall of important nursing concepts on-the-go. Free yourself from your desk with Study Sesh! Straight A Nursing App - Study on-the-go with the Straight A Nursing app! Review more than 5,000 flashcards covering a wide range of subjects including Fundamentals, Pediatrics, Med Surg, Mental Health, Maternal Newborn, and more! Available for free in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Clinical Success Pack - One of the best ways to fast-track your clinical learning is having the right tools. This FREE pack includes report sheets, sheets to help you plan your day, a clinical debrief form, and a patient safety cheat sheet. 20 Secrets of Successful Nursing Students – Learn key strategies that will help you be a successful nursing student with this FREE guide! Conquering Case Studies - Learn how to approach case studies so they feel less overwhelming while honing your clinical judgment skills in the process. 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight A Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.0	Before we hop into our topic today, which is about postoperative pediatric airway complications,
0:56.2	let's take a quick minute for our listener's shout out.
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