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Anaesthesia for feline tracheal avulsion surgery – the nurse’s role: a case discussion

ABSTRACT Tracheal avulsion (TA) is the complete severance of the intrathoracic trachea and in cats is generally attributed to blunt-force trauma resulting in hyperflexion of the neck, often following a road traffic accident (RTA). Some cats possibly suffer a tracheal avulsion which is never diagnosed as they die at the roadside from concurrent fatal injuries. This article will explore the signs, diagnosis and surgical treatment of TA, and specifically the nurse’s role during anaesthesia. The discussion involves the case of a 2-year-old male neutered domestic short hair who presented to the clinic with dyspnoea 2 weeks after an RTA.