Amelia Calvo

“During the course of the inquest, | heard evidence from Fd Consultant [name redacted], the independent expert instructed by the court that the grading system used by anaesthetists to assess a patient's throat prior to carrying out a laryngoscopy and assessment generally, namely the view being classified as follows: Grade |: Complete glottis visible Grade II: Anterior glottis not seen Grade Ill: Epiglottis seen, but not glottis o Grade IV: Epiglottis not seen is not a classification that is generally”