Tim and Jim in Dublin

Full credit for this goes to Dr James DuCanto, airway geek and innovator from Milwaukee, USA. It’s been my great privilege (and crazy pleasure) to facilitate with Jim at smacc airway workshops in Chicago and Dublin, using the SALAD sim (suction assisted laryngoscopic airway decontamination). This is a great setup to teach techniques to manage… viaContinue reading “Tim and Jim in Dublin”

Dr Jim DuCanto on his SMACC US experience

This will be good! @jducanto Airway Toolbox #smaccus pic.twitter.com/gVO1l56R9x — Thomas D (@thomas1973) June 26, 2015 Party bus w/@TbayEDguy on way to SMACC Gala pic.twitter.com/l5RtvLXc6T — James DuCanto (@jducanto) July 9, 2015 The following is an excerpt from feedback that Jim provided me after SMACC Chicago. He kindly gave permission to share his thoughts withContinue reading “Dr Jim DuCanto on his SMACC US experience”

Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy Airway Decontamination

Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy Airway Decontamination UW Madison Mar 2015 from AirwayNautics on Vimeo. Movie captures the important lessons of a simulation session based upon using a rigid suction catheter (Yankauer and other variant) to decontaminate the airway of a modified Laerdal Difficult Airway Simulator mannequin. The technique described in this simulation is known as theContinue reading “Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy Airway Decontamination”