Posts from the ‘Emergency anaesthesia’ Category

May 15

Emergency Surgical Airway with Dr Keith Greenland

Stay calm and use your scalpel

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May 12

Modified pistol grip Pocket bougie and GlideScope

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the idea is to use the ETT as a channel or runway to guide the PB anterior like a channeled blade on a King Vision or AirTraq – Fayaz Gulamani (Bomimed, makers of Pocket Bougie)

Thanks Fayaz!

May 11

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DuCanto & Chow describe an improvement on the Kiwi & Pistol Bougie grips

Frova Bougie in D Grip configuration

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May 7

Jim Ducanto handles a tonsillar bleed airway

RSI Airtraq Avant with Oxylator EMX in a patient with Postop Tonsillar Bleed, 272 pounds Sleep Apnea

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May 1

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Avoiding the airway clean kill on a full moon

Avoiding the airway clean kill on a full moon

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  • LITFL Leap of Faith Noonamah NT May 20, 2013
    Pete Wyllie takes an awesome leap for, with and on behalf of Life in the Fast Lane (because we are too chicken to do so...)The post LITFL Leap of Faith Noonamah NT appeared first on Life in the Fast Lane medical education blog.
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  • Urgencia UC: Conceptos 2013 May 20, 2013
    If you've wanted to check out legendary EM speakers like Amal Mattu, Mel Herbert, and Billy Mallon in the flesh but couldn't face going to Las Vegas for a big American conference here is a solution. Go to Chile instead!The post Urgencia UC: Conceptos 2013 appeared first on Life in the Fast Lane medical education blog.
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  • Emergency Medicine Update May 2013 May 17, 2013
    Yosef Leibman's Emergency Medicine Update May 2013 is here!The post Emergency Medicine Update May 2013 appeared first on Life in the Fast Lane medical education blog.
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  • RSI haemodynamics in the field May 18, 2013
    The noxious stimulus of laryngoscopy & tracheal intubation can precipitate hypertension, tachycardia, and intracranial pressure elevation, risking exacerbation of brain injury or haemorrhage. Physicians from an English Helicopter Emergency Medical Service examined the response of heart rate and blood pressure to prehospital rapid sequence intubation (RSI […]
    Cliff
  • Awake intubation May 14, 2013
    I had some fun today getting intubated. We used the Ambu aScope 2 and the Greater Sydney Area HEMS equipment and approach to airway management. I didn’t receive an antisialogogue or any analgesia or sedation. The big learning point for me was how hard it was to anaesthetise the posterior part of my nasal cavity [...]
    Cliff
  • Difficult intubation on ICU May 11, 2013
    A score to predict difficulty of intubation in ICU patients underwent derivation and validation in French ICUs. The main predictors included Mallampati score III or IV, obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, reduced mobility of cervical spine, limited mouth opening, severe hypoxia, coma, and where the operator was a nonanesthesiologist. The striking thing is the […]
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• The blunt dissection

  • top of the ladder… May 18, 2013
    The case. It’s 9 o’clock at night. You are asked to review a 45 year old male on the ward for uncontrolled pain. He has a history of Crohn’s disease and is 24 hours post-laparotomy for small bowel resection & stoma formation. He is nil by mouth… His current pain regime includes; Paracetamol 1g q6h [...]
    Christopher Partyka
  • a test of metal… May 11, 2013
      The case. 64 year old female who is day 1 post elective left total-knee replacement. She has a past medical history of osteoarthritis, bipolar disorder and depression for which she takes quetiapine, lithium and paracetamol. You are asked to see her on the ward for optimization of her pain management with a concern that she “just [...]
    Christopher Partyka
  • Quick Case #01 April 27, 2013
    A 24 year old male rugby player presents to your ED with a severely painful, swollen left hand which occurred during a tackle and subsequent ruck. These are his x-rays….    What about the lateral ?? What's going on here ?? Carpometacarpal Dislocation The Anatomy... The carpometacarpal (CMC) joints form the base of the metacarpal [...]
    Christopher Partyka