Life support: Island doctors go the distance to save lives in rural B.C. – Victoria Times Colonist

Victoria specialists guide rural doctors through life-saving procedures from afar. — Read on http://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/life-support-doctors-go-the-distance-to-save-lives-4781369

Best practices for emergency surgical airway: A systematic review – DeVore – 2019 – Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology – Wiley Online Library

Best practices for emergency surgical airway: A systematic review – DeVore – 2019 – Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology – Wiley Online Library — Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lio2.314

Bloody cric trainer

Collection of resources and ideas for surgical airway front of neck access trainer/simulation. Contact me to chat about it if you wish further details. Follow me on twitter @TBayEDguy and we will direct message to chat. @mededgene @petrosoniak @jameslhuffman @SSeadon @ketaminh @ryan_radford Can’t wait to see your bloody cric model! https://t.co/MYXt92R157 — Yen Chow (@TBayEDguy) […]Continue reading “Bloody cric trainer”

Surgical airway kits

Scalpel Finger Bougie Cricothyrotomy Flash Card 2017 v 4.2 HT @emcrit input and HT @EmICUcanada for inspiration and shoutout 🙂 pic.twitter.com/aUu4rzglwi — Yen Chow (@TBayEDguy) January 13, 2017 The @StMikesHospital bougie cric kit, in its wall-hanging glory @PHannam123 @CatStepCatStep @petrosoniak @TBayEDguy pic.twitter.com/cbCdAKcpri — Christopher Hicks (@HumanFact0rz) January 29, 2016 via Front of Neck Access/Surgical Airway KitsContinue reading “Surgical airway kits”

ETM Podcast Episode 12 – Bruce Paix & Andrew Perry – Approach to the surgical airway — ETM Course

Andrew and Bruce are back, taking a deep-dive into the neck to discuss a procedure that can strike fear into even the most experienced trauma practitioner and one which has created much debate regarding the “best” method (i.e. needle vs knife). (Go to audio) Bruce is the co-author of a seminal paper on this topic:Continue reading “ETM Podcast Episode 12 – Bruce Paix & Andrew Perry – Approach to the surgical airway — ETM Course”