Programs
TUHS Residency Program: Otolaryngology
Overview
Residents participate in a bronchoscopy program, “Indications for and Outcomes of Direct Bronchoscopy in Adult and Pediatric Patients”. The session includes a didactic component, demonstration and hands on practice of direct bronchoscopy and foreign body removal, as well as a patient simulation scenario.
Demonstration and skills include:
- Laryngoscopy
- Rigid bronchoscopy
- Foreign body removal
Patient simulation scenarios include:
- Diagnosis:
- Recognition of critical airway problem
- Recognition of foreign body in the airway
- Recognition of retropharyngeal abcess
- Secure airway
- Bronchoscopic removal of foreign body