Difficult Airway? What Kind Exactly?
Mention the term ‘difficult airway’ and many of us will conjure mental images of some kind of distorted anatomy. However, […]
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Difficult airways can't be reliably predicted
This paper1 proves what Rich Levitan has been saying (and writing) for years – that there is no method of […]
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Awake intubation
I had some fun today getting intubated. We used the Ambu aScope 2 and the Greater Sydney Area HEMS equipment […]
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Updated Difficult Airway Guidelines
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has published an update to its Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway. You […]
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Reassurance: difficult laryngoscopy in children remains rare
I was taught a useful principle by a paediatric anaesthetist 10 years ago which has proven true in my experience […]
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From BURP to BILP: backwards internal laryngeal pressure
A burns patient whose tracheal tube was accidentally dislodged and ended up placed in the oesophagus on day 2 of […]
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Awake video laryngoscopy
A nice study reminds of us the option of awake video laryngoscopy as an alternative to fibreoptic instrumentation of the […]
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Make space for pre-hospital intubation
“Control your environment – don’t let it control you” is a reliable adage for pre-hospital providers, and its adherence can […]
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Saving Lives Through Failure
Think about what you would do if faced with the following situation: You sedate and paralyse a patient with severe […]
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RSI complications increase with intubation difficulty
A substudy of a large randomised controlled trial comparing etomidate with ketamine for RSI in the pre-hospital environment, emergency department, […]