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Inhalation Burn Airway Management — FRCA Final MCQ

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ModerateAirway ManagementInhalation Burn Airway ManagementFRCA Final

A 30-year-old woman presents to ED with inhalation burn injury. She has hoarse voice, carbonaceous sputum, and facial burns. Best airway management?

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Correct answer: C — Elective awake fibreoptic intubation early before swelling progresses

Inhalation injury with hoarseness, carbonaceous sputum, facial burns: anticipate progressive supraglottic oedema over 12-24h. Early elective intubation (awake FOI preferred) before swelling makes intubation impossible. Delay risks emergency surgical airway.

Reference: BBA/Association of Anaesthetists – 2023 – Airway management in burns patients