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10/23/2025 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds -Laryngeal Trauma - Larissa Salas, DO, MPH

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 0.75

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Analyze the different types of laryngeal trauma
  • Describe the differences in clinical presentation among various types of laryngeal trauma
  • Apply Schaefer criteria to classify management strategies
  • Determine the optimal location and method for securing the airway

Suggested Additional Reading & Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Suggested Additional Reading:

  • Malvi A, Jain S. Laryngeal Trauma, Its Types, and Management. Cureus. 2022 Oct 3;14(10):e29877. doi: 10.7759/cureus.29877. PMID: 36348916; PMCID: PMC9629857.
  • Laryngeal Trauma, Nganzeu, Claude et al. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, Volume 56, Issue 6, 1039 - 1053
  • Schaefer SD. The Treatment of Acute External Laryngeal Injuries: 'State of the Art'. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1991;117(1):35–39. doi:10.1001/archotol.1991.01870130041013


Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


Physician (CME)

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Authors:
Larissa Salas, DO, MPH — Associate Professor, Temple University Hospital, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Philadelphia, PA
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.