What are some differences

and risks in intubating?

Alyssa Smith
Mrs. Click
Independent Study Mentorship Spring 2018
My Mentor
My mentor is Mrs. Christine Burnett, BS,BSN,DNP. She is a CRNA at
Clear Lake Regional. She recently graduated from the University
of Texas at Houston with her doctorate in Nurse Anethesia.

Mrs. Christine got her B.S from University of Houston in

psychology and chemistry in 2008.

She then earned her BSN (nursing) from UT-Houston in 2009.

She spent 3 years as an ICU RN at ST. Joseph Hospital in

downtown Houston.

She worked 2 years as an ICU RN at Houston Methodist and

spent 3 years in the DPN nurse anesthesia program at UT-
Houston becoming a CRNA.
What is ISM?
What is ISM?
-ISM is our Independent Study Mentorship that allows us to meet with someone
working in the profession we want to take part in.

We are required to have minimum of 3 hours with our mentor and 2 activity hours
a week.

Every week we must complete a mentorship journal by Monday describing what

we did the week before during our week at the mentorship.

For our mentorship we must have a weekly profile where we keep track of all of
our assignments, weekly logs, projects and presentations.

We are required to have a mid term presentation, final project and a

final presentation.
What are some differences in intubation and risks
factors?
For my Project topic It will be about Intubating.

I will be basing it on intubation and what some risk factors and differences
between adults and kids.

I chose this topic, because throughout my time at the hospital I’ve noticed
there’s different ways they intubate on kids, adults and body types. Also, I
have read some articles of complications with intubating and what some
risk factors were that I did not know existed.
Key Points:
• Intubation in children
• What are the common tools
• What do they do if they cannot intubate because of health conditions?
• How many children die due to intubation
• The size difference in tubes used for kids rather than adults
Intubation in adults

 Common mistakes made

 Obesity in adults
 Health risks
 What tools can be used here and not in kids
 How the tubing size is different
Risk factors and complication stories

 Stories of complications
 Common mistakes
 What are possible risks of intubating too far
 What if they intubate and the tube balloon deflated in the patient
 If doctors wont intubate patients
 If it breaks while being used
Current Event:
In my current even It was about a mom who went into to surgery one morning
and did not make it after.
The doctors could not intubate her for 40 minutes
She died of hypoxia where she didn’t get enough oxygen to the brain
The doctors didn’t try a mask or anything
This ties in with my product and presentation because it discusses intubating
and complications of the outcome.
Research:
I plan on incorporating my research topics into my key points.
I will use my research in my game board along with my key points.
What I will research:
Intubation in children
Intubation in adults
Risk factors and complication stories
Product:
For my product I plan on having a game board with a trachea drawn on it
where the starting point is the mouth. I want to have information questions
on there about what all was presented and a prize for the winners at the
end.
Conclusion:
Throughout this semester I hope to learn more about what everyone doctor is
saying in the OR room and I hope that my mentor and I build a closer bond
than we already have.
I want to learn more about what risk factors come with doing the job and all
the different tools they use while intubating on each patient.
Thank You.
Thank you to my mom and dad for pushing me to stay on the right path and for
pushing me to always better myself at what I am pursuing to do. Thank you Austin for
always supporting me and helping me come up with new study ways and for always
being my study partner. Thank you Mrs. Click for accepting me into this program and
giving me the opportunity to explore the careers I have had interest in. Thank you
Mrs. Christine Burnett for taking me in under your wing and showing me what It’s like
to work in the hospitals and for always opening my mind to anesthesia and for
encouraging me to be open minded about every work job in the hospital. Also
thank you for being like my “work mom.” You’ve helped mold me into who I am
becoming.
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