HAMR Time Podcast Episode 3: Airway Obstruction

Dr. Keith Hansz and Paramedic Leanne Hatch join the HAMR Time Podcast to do a case review on a medically complex case that involved a patient with an obstructed airway requiring intubation.

Presenters

Keith Hansz, MD
Chief Resident, Emergency Medicine
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Leanne Hatch
Nationally Registered Paramedic
Emergency Department
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Thomas Ciccarello RN, BSN, AEMT
Professional Development Nurse, Emergency Department
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

1. Describe the unique sounds of airway obstruction.
2. Identify equipment necessary in the management of medically complex airways.
3. Recognize possible interventions if a patient with this diagnosis were to present to the Emergency Department in the future.

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Bibliographic Material

• Mosier, J., Sakles, J., Walls, R. M., Grayzel, J. S. (2025). The physiologically difficult airway: Optimization of airway management in adults at risk of decompensation for emergency medicine and critical care. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/the-physiologically-difficult-airway-optimization-of-airway-management-in-adults-at-risk-of-decompensation-for-emergency-medicine-and-critical-care?search=airway%20obstruction&topicRef=275&source=see_link#references

• Cahill, K. N., Dixon, A. E., Zachrison, K. S., Dieffenbach, P. (2025). Acute exacerbations of asthma in adults: Emergency department and inpatient management. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-exacerbations-of-asthma-in-adults-emergency-department-and-inpatient-management?search=ketamine%20asthma&source=search_result&selectedTitle=1~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=1
  
  

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