A 16-year-old boy attends with his parents after coughing up blood one week after tonsillectomy. The bleeding has stopped and his observations are normal.
What are the key components of your initial assessment?
(Marked out of 6.0)
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He is moved to resus with IV access, monitoring, ENT en route, and ENT and difficult-airway trolleys available. He then coughs up large volumes of blood and develops stridor. Outline your management.
(Marked out of 7.0)
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ENT and anaesthetics have not arrived. He becomes cyanotic and cannot breathe. How will you manage this now?
(Marked out of 2.0)
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