Director of Emergency Airway Management, Associate Residency Program Director, Dept of Emergency Medicine, Kaiser Permanente San Diego (Tweets are my opinion)
Residency airway training ensures that future physicians have the skills to handle difficult intubations.
"National Survey of Airway Management Practices and Training Among Emergency Medicine Residency Programs in the United States"
https://t.co/BhklrXEZYI @keipoints
Hot off the presses! Looking at the effects of CPR on intubation, comparing DL vs VL in both CMAC and Glidescope systems; published in the Am J of EM.
https://t.co/Kbxngi5fVM
#intubation#CPR#FOAMed#airway#VLvsDL#emergencymedicine
Airway Management Workshop at the Anesthesia Society of the State of Santa Catarina!
Teaching cric to residents with the Real Cric Trainer idea from @keipoints and the teachings from the airway couse of @airwaycam and @ctvaoficial@SAMHQglobal
Bougie Molding During Laryngoscopy
Successful intubation of a patient with very constricted mouth opening, using bougie molding technique. 4 minute video with bonus footage comparing standard "floppy" bougie with newer malleable bougie.
high res vid @ https://t.co/nvmX23HeW6
I’m hate intubating COVID patients. I hate knowing that my face will probably be the last one that they see. I hate knowing that their family won’t be able to be there with them when they die. I hate knowing that it didn’t have to be this way.
During a crash airway, in a cluttered and stressful environment, a simplified toolkit that makes use of vertical space can make all the difference. See the BMJ pub here https://t.co/dslKH8kzcB #foamed#medical#learning#design#intubation#laryngoscope#protected airway
Consider lubricating your laryngoscope blade surface in the tiring tachypneic dehydrated patient who has been dyspenic for days and may have dry mucous membranes, ... assists with smooth rapid efficient laryngoscopy
On Emergency Nurses Day I thank and honor the outstanding nurses @UCDavisEM and around the country and world who care for the ill and injured with great professionalism, dignity, and skill! They are also our partners in the fight for health equity. Congratulations! #ENDay
A light & low grip gives you more fine motor control. With VL helps keep your optics high and dry. Keeps you from overshooting your anatomic landmarks. You can switch to a palm ✋ grip when you need up and away force for laryngeal exposure. #laryngoscopy#foamed#protectedairway
Makes me wonder whether I am doing enough! Despite all precautions, if even inflating a tube cuff causes release of particles: "Aerosolisation during tracheal intubation and extubation in an operating theatre setting https://t.co/sG6ti6C9eF " @APSForg@ASALifeline@SAMHQglobal
.@petrosoniak@HumanFact0rz@AdvPerformHD No need to keep borrowing from other industries, it’s our time to own team process and performance improvement in healthcare. One day I hope the pit crews can learn something from us!
Cricothyrotomy initial steps ... find thyroid and midline ... target is just south of this ... then ID CTM through the vertical incision: fingertip slips down from thyroid prominence, feels small soft soft of CTM, then hard bump of anterior cricoid ring the soft tracha)