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Assume the position … ??Awkward Airway Positions

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They may be entrapped; have limited access; may be midway in an operating position that can’t be changed; may need to be sitting due to pulmonary edema, morbid obesity, aspiration prevention or for awake intubation. Continue support; intubate. Practice DL/VL and intubation laterally. Try intubating digitally, +|- bougie.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

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Anesthesiologists took the lead in establishing a separate are for concentrating patients needing the most intensive care, and used 1,400 medical students in shifts hand-ventilating intubated patients with an anesthesia breathing bag, soda-lime container to absorb CO 2 , and 50% oxygen given. Advanced Emergency Nursing Blog.

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Emergencies of the Third Trimester

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The unanticipated difficult intubation in obstetrics. Status Asthmaticus in Pregnancy from Life in the Fast Lane Literature Review by Dr Chris Nickson NEW Link added after initial posting of blog. de Boisblanc, B., & Suresh, M. Airway problems in pregnancy. Critical care medicine, 33(10), S259-S268. M., & Healy, D.

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Oxygen Powered Resuscitators

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Esophageal Obturator Airways [EOA] and Esophageal Gastric Tube Airways [EGTA] precluded gastric inflation, and oxygen was delivered via periglottal ports; but were awkward to intubate “around.” Pre-hospital tracheal intubation versus esophageal gastric tube airway use: a prospective study. Personal Communication. Bogetz, M. Copass, M.

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ED Airway Control —When Two Lives Are At Stake!

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Preface: In January 2015, this blog provided resources for Emergencies of the Third Trimester , however, we did not separately discuss airway management in third trimester pregnancy. Don’t remain fixated on intubation. Use of the bougie for intubation. Frova intubating catheter+ Jet rescue in mannequin. May 24, 2014.

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

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This Blog episode concerns aspects of the concept of using the nose to obtain an airway or to ventilate emergency patients; it does not deal comprehensively with all aspects thereof that a specialist might do. Introduction: My first professional ambulance call was for three victims of Carbon Monoxide poisoning.