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Physician-authored summaries on the latest research on airway management, editorials on airway management, and perspectives on airway management - drawn from the top medical journals.
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EM Resident Airway Skills: Do They Get Better with Time?
- January 4, 2006
- Richard D. Zane, MD, FAAEM
Airway management is an integral skill for emergency physicians and an important component of any emergency medicine residency. These authors assessed intubation success rates for . . .- Covering:
- Sagarin MJ et al., Ann Emerg Med 2005 Oct; 46:328-36.
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Poor Airway Management Skills After ATLS Course Are Improved by Simulation Training
- June 15, 2005
- Ron M. Walls, MD, FRCPC, FACEP, FAAEM
Airway management is arguably the most critical skill in trauma resuscitation, but it can be covered only superficially during the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) . . .- Covering:
- Barsuk D et al., Anesth Analg 2005 Mar; 100:803-9.
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Airway Management While Wearing PPE: Will It Work?
- March 17, 2004
- Richard D. Zane, MD
In most airway management literature, the difficult airway is described in the context of the patient, not the provider. These authors in Israel assessed whether . . .- Covering:
- Flaishon R et al., Anesthesiology 2004 Feb; 100:260-6.
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New Airway Management Device Offers Nothing New
- August 30, 2001
- RJ Vissers
The Airway Management Device (AMD) is similar to the laryngeal mask airway (LMA), but it has 2 silicone cuffs: The distal is inserted and inflated . . .- Covering:
- Cook TM et al., Anaesthesia 2001 Jul; 56:
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- Cook TM et al., Anaesthesia 2001 Jul; 56:
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Airway Management: Whose Job?
- September 1, 1997
- RM Walls
Controversy continues over who in the ED is responsible for airway management: both anesthesiologists and emergency physicians claim this domain as their own.- Covering:
- Nayyar P and Lisbon A., Anesth Analg 1997 Jul; 85:
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- Nayyar P and Lisbon A., Anesth Analg 1997 Jul; 85:
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Skill Retention After Simulated Difficult Airway Training
- April 4, 2008
- Aaron E. Bair, MD, MSc, FAAEM, FACEP
Simulator training improves performance of standard but infrequently used rescue techniques.- Covering:
- Kuduvalli PM et al., Anaesthesia 2008 Apr; 63:364.
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Securing an Airway When You Can’t Reach the Patient
- August 3, 2007
- Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP
A Laryngeal Mask Airway is faster than a Combitube or endotracheal tube, but only slightly.- Covering:
- Hoyle JD Jr et al., Prehosp Emerg Care 2007 Jul-Sep; 11:330-6.
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The Macintosh Laryngoscope vs. the New Airtraq Device
- November 3, 2006
- Aaron E. Bair, MD, FAAEM, FACEP
This new single-use device shows promise for intubation.- Covering:
- Maharaj CH et al., Anaesthesia 2006 Nov; 61:1093-9.
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Effect of Nasopharyngeal Oxygen Insufflation on Time-to-Hypoxia
- July 14, 2006
- Aaron E. Bair, MD, FAAEM, FACEP
The diffusion of oxygen can help prevent desaturation, even after induction of apnea.- Covering:
- Taha SK et al., Anaesthesia 2006 May; 61:427-30.
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Intubation in the Lateral Position: Tube or LMA?
- December 21, 2005
- Ron M. Walls, MD, FRCPC, FACEP, FAAEM
Certain emergency circumstances, such as entrapment or impalement with a weapon, require that intubation be conducted with the patient in the lateral position, but little . . .- Covering:
- McCaul CL et al., Anesth Analg 2005 Oct; 101:1221-5.
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Failed Airway Management: What Have We Learned?
- August 10, 2005
- Ron M. Walls, MD, FRCPC, FACEP, FAAEM
Airway failure with death or hypoxic brain injury (HBI) is the leading cause of medical malpractice losses for anesthesiologists. In 1993, the American Society of . . .- Covering:
- Peterson GN et al., Anesthesiology 2005 Jul; 103:33-9.
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Do All Infants with Apparent SIDS Need EMS Transport?
- July 26, 2005
- Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP
Although it’s rare, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) devastates both families and healthcare providers. To assess presentation and outcomes of infants with apparent SIDS (found . . .- Covering:
- Smith MP et al., Prehosp Emerg Care 2005 Apr/Jun; 9:181-5.
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The GlideScope: Is It Really That Easy?
- April 27, 2005
- Richard D. Zane, MD, FAAEM
Clinicians stubbornly cling to direct laryngoscopy (DL) as the standard technique for oral intubation despite the availability of newer, superior intubating devices. Rigid fiberoptic and . . .- Covering:
- Cooper RM et al., Can J Anaesth 2005 Feb; 52:191-8.
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Airway Assessment Using "LEMON" Score Predicts Difficult ED Intubation
- February 16, 2005
- Diane M. Birnbaumer, MD, FACEP
Use of this tool can reduce the chance of unexpectedly encountering a difficult airway.- Covering:
- Reed MJ et al., Emerg Med J 2005 Feb; 22:99-102.
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Emergency Airway Management: Who Owns the Airway?
- April 28, 2004
- Richard D. Zane, MD
Many critical procedures performed by emergency physicians also fall into the domain of other specialties, which often leads to stimulating discussions about who is responsible . . .- Covering:
- Kovacs G et al., Can J Anaesth 2004 Feb; 51:174-80.
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Prehospital Paralysis for Airway Management Is on the Rise
- May 1, 1998
- KL Koenig
Although rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is a standard of care in the ED, its use in the prehospital setting is still hotly debated. Investigators from . . .- Covering:
- McDonald CC et al., Prehosp Emerg Care 1998 Jan/Mar; 2:
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- McDonald CC et al., Prehosp Emerg Care 1998 Jan/Mar; 2:
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Disposable Laryngeal Mask Performs Well
- January 17, 2006
- Ron M. Walls, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, FRCPC
The laryngeal mask airway (LMA classic) has an established role in airway management for elective anesthesia and as a rescue device in certain difficult- or . . .- Covering:
- Hagberg CA et al., Anesth Analg 2005 Dec; 101:1862-6.
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Can Anyone Manage an Airway While Dressed in PPE?
- March 17, 2004
- Richard D. Zane, MD
In the unthinkable event of a mass casualty incident with chemically contaminated patients, airway management will need to be performed by many different healthcare providers, . . .- Covering:
- Flaishon R et al., Anesthesiology 2004 Feb; 100:267-73.
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Prehospital Intubation or Simple Ventilation for Critical Trauma Patients?
- November 12, 2003
- Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP
The only prehospital interventions that are commonly believed to improve outcomes are early defibrillation and aggressive airway management. Although it would be unethical to perform . . .- Covering:
- Christensen EF and Hoyer CCS., BMJ 2003 Sep 6; 327:533-4.
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Limited Success with Prehospital RSI
- October 16, 2002
- Charles V. Pollack, Jr., MA, MD, FACEP
In the U.S., at least 2 million cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that requires emergency medical services transport occur each year. Appropriate airway management . . .- Covering:
- Ochs M et al., Ann Emerg Med 2002 Aug; 40:159-67.
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