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Resus Pieces My two take aways 1 yes for those predicted difficults that don’t merit ATI then HAVL should be the plan More importantly 2 HAVL expertise is a core skill for anyone who calls themselves an airway manager in 2024 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢

Please stop using POGO to document your view at laryngoscopy. If you want to make it clear that you obtained the view w VL, just write that! You could even document the blade geometry while you’re there. Chrimes out.

The Vortex is an adjunct, not an alternative, to the existing airway guidelines. It can be used alongside the Difficult Airway Society (DAS) ASA®, Project for Universal Management of Airways or locally developed guidelines to facilitate implementation & a shared mental model during aw Mx. VortexApproach.org

Once more for those of you up the back… “HAVL *expertise* is a CORE skill for anyone who calls themselves an airway manager in 2024” - Tim Cook (assuming intubation is within your scope of practice - which may not be the case for some prehospital airway operators)

How is this useful for airway documentation?

This is great…

Thanks Auckland for hosting us on the NZ leg of our 2024 #AirwayWorkshopRoadshow. Places still available for our Perth Workshop on Sep 14th & our annual meeting in Sydney on Oct 26th. Register here: safeairwaysociety.org/events/

So.. who is using the Cooper manoeuvre!? Has anyone tried it? Any thoughts? Nicholas Chrimes 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

What is the Cooper manoeuvre? Vertical lifting of the tracheal tube until its tip is level with the glottis. Avoid an exaggerated posterior tilt - this makes it more likely to ‘hang up’ on the arytenoid cartilages. Nicholas Chrimes 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 Nicholas Chrimes Use the Cooper Manoeuvre regularly and share the video with trainees. This is the way. youtu.be/biHmn-q9HSw?si…

𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 Nicholas Chrimes Use frequently after watching this excellent YouTube video youtu.be/biHmn-q9HSw?si…

Sam Ghali, M.D. Anaesthesia, ICU, ED, PHEM CAPNOGRAPHY is THE only reliable way to confirm correct position of a tracheal tube. In life and in cardiac arrest. Clinical signs are of close to zero value. Look for sustained exhaled CO2: ie - goes up & down with ventilation - sustained - above 1

Don't miss this 1-day interactive event. Sydney Sat Oct 26th 2024 AM: Interactive expert panel discussions PM: Hands-on airway workshops & sims (included in registration) Suitable for airway operators & assistants from all disciplines Register here: safeairwaysociety.org/eventdetails/2…

Of course it can. It demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of physiology. Sympatholysis in a hypovolaemic patient whose sympathetic response is the only thing keeping them alive is an assassination, not an induction.

Matthew Bigwood Yup 6.0-6.5mm ID is plenty big enough for adults TTs

1️⃣ Establish ventilation Sugammadex is not an alternative to neck rescue in CICO. Reverses NMBA but patient may still not breathe due to opioids, BZDs, induction agents, cerebral injury & it makes FM, SGA, TT & neck rescue harder. Sugammadex only an option in the Green Zone.