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GCS < 8… Intubate?

Jan 31, 2020Airway, ResuscitationAirway, Resuscitation

Author: Dr. Catherine Buckley

It’s catchy. It rhymes for love’s sake! But is it necessary?

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ENT Emergencies

Dec 7, 20181 CommentAirway, ENTAirway, ENT

Last week we had an ENT sim, lead by our always helpful ENT colleagues, focusing on 4 ENT emergencies we should all be familiar with:

Epistaxis
Auricular hematoma
Peritonsillar abscess
Cricothyrotomy

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Bougie’s Galore

Feb 17, 2018Airway, Procedures, ResuscitationAirway

Here are some great videos on how to use bougies. Intubation with bougies Scott Weingart… yes, yes, but his video is good. Shows a preloaded bougie, which is what we should probably be doing. Has some great trouble shooting techniques Bougie cric Darren Braude’s video. A different view of the whole thing. I like this…

Cricothyrotomy Video

Jul 17, 2015Tom AlcornAirway, Procedures, ResuscitationAirway, Resuscitation

Ruben Strayer of EMUpdates posted a great video on how to do a cricothyrotomy. The only things that I would change are I would likely be swearing a lot more out of sheer panic I’d have everything ready (syringe and bougie) I’d pass the bougie in before removing the scalpel, just paranoid of losing that entrance…

How to use the BiPAP Vision non-invasive ventilator

Jul 11, 2012Tom AlcornAirway, Procedures, PulmonologyAirway, Pulmonary, Resuscitation

Here Ed shows us how to attach the “BiPAP machine” to the wall and mask. You don’t have to set anything. It really is that easy. Sorry for the jitteriness of the camera. I either had too much or too little coffee that morning.