Blind nasal intubation in an awake patient for caesarian section

Abstract

Failure to intubate the trachea continues to claim the lives of women undergoing caesarian section. Obstetric anaesthetists have been advised to desist from prolonged attempts to intubate, and to provide either inhalational anaesthesia via a face mask, or regional anaesthesia. A case is described in which neither of these options was considered appropriate.