Something that catch my attention ....

I've been working in this field for many years already & throughout all these years, i have develop a very particular "habit". Nowadays, whenever i walk on the street or talk to people, it becomes a "natural response" for me to observe whether this person has any features of difficult intubation or potential difficult airway(eg. small chin, receeding chin, buck teeth, short neck, large goitre or any anatomical abnormalities etc) or looking at the hands, regarding visibility of veins; hehe... for any difficult iv or intra venous access for branula insertion. :) (especially those cute, fat, chubby babies....)

I talked with my fellow anaes colleagues before regarding this matter & apparently, I'm not the only one who do so :)

Well, throughout these years, I have intubated quite a number of difficult intubation cases, eg those with Cormack & Lehane Grade 3 laryngoscopy.. and indeed it's really hazardous if unable to maintain airway. In fact, I had 2 difficult intubation cases (Cormack & Lehane grade 3) during my last on call in Operating Theatre ... What a "bad day" to get 2 difficult intubation within few hours ...