Airtraq Pearls and Pitfalls - Part 3
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English - November 28, 2020 03:33 - 12 minutes - 8.31 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness cardiac resuscitation cardiac arrest cardiac arrest management emergency cardiac care ems prehospital medicine airway management trauma care prehospital care emihs Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode BC Kaufman and MFP Touzeau review troubleshooting measures to improve first pass success when using the Airtraq video laryngoscope.
Process checklist
Here's the 5 minutes airway article - really cool videos and it won't take long, we promise.
Here's a glimpse at some of the great work that's being done.
Video 1 - Midline insertion, great view of the hyoepiglottic ligament, great view of the glottis, successful tube placement. This would have been even better if a tube introducer had been used.
Video 2 - Look how easy the bougie makes it! The Coude tip affords so much flexibility and forgiveness if blade placement isn't absolutely perfect.