Airway Disaster: Postop Tonsillectomy Bleed in Adult

Hey all, Just wanted to get some ideas and see if things could have been done better. This happens 6 months after I'm finished my training. Had a young guy in their 20s come back POD3 tonsillectomy for chronic tonsillitis at a tertiary center. He also had dinner 3 hours hours ago and is now coughing up a lot of blood in ED. In the holding area, he actually seems relatively stable and the bleeding has slowed. ASA 1 and no difficult predictors for laryngoscopy. I bolus him with 10 mg of... Airway Disaster: Postop Tonsillectomy Bleed in Adult
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