EP lab

Busy hospital with multiple EP labs. Sick patients...obviously. Two main patient types cause some concern. Morbidly obese 300+ pounders with big beards and known difficult airways. The others are young drug abusers with EFs of 5-10%. In both populations, keeping them immobile and spontaneously ventilating for 4+ hours is difficult. EP Docs insist on "mac" for pretty much everything outside of Afib ablations, mitraclips, and watchman procedures. Slow proceduralists so we can be in the case... Read more
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