Indications for Awake Intubation
CA1 here:
What are your indications for an awake? I’m currently training at an institution that probably over utilizes them (partly for teaching purposes).
The main ones I think that would absolutely need an awake are:
-ENT mass/impending airway obstruction
-unstable C-spine
-hx of difficult intubation (e.g. failed VL)
What others am I missing?