Knowing Noses – Nasotracheal Intubation Tips and Tricks — Songs or Stories

It’s been a while since a tips and tricks post. This time around we thought we’d collect some pearls on a topic plenty of learners find a bit challenging – getting that nasal tube to go where you’d like. Collected below are thoughts from Dr Neil Street (NS), Dr Gail Wong (GW), Dr Justin SkownoContinue reading “Knowing Noses – Nasotracheal Intubation Tips and Tricks — Songs or Stories”

HEAD-UP INTUBATION —

In anaesthetics we are trained to pre-oxygenate and intubate our theatre patients in a flat supine position. Then, when we graduate to intubating the really crook ICU/ED patients in severe heart or respiratory failure, we wise up. A paper in Anaesthesia & Analgesia demonstrates how patients … Continue reading → via HEAD-UP INTUBATION —