Another quick training video, on the basic techniques of driving a flexible scope (fibreoptic or video) for intubation. This was made specifically as a primer for people in our own department taking part in a training study, but hopefully it is useful to a larger audience!
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Quick overview of the surgical cricothyroidotomy technique as presented in the 2015 Difficult Airway Society guidelines. This is simply presenting the technique in a manikin model, not intended as a debate about the relative merits of needle vs. surgical, blade vs. hook, scalpel-finger-bougie vs. scalpel-bougie-tube, etc!
Don’t forget to wear your PPE (gloves, mask, eye protection) and appropriately secure the tube afterwards.
As always, constructive criticism and suggestions for improvement are always welcomed in the comments section.
Technique for using the Aintree Intubating Catheter (AIC) to exchange between a supraglottic airway (SGA) and endotracheal tube (ETT). This is typically required when an airway has been ‘rescued’ with an SGA that is not designed for direct intubation, with a narrow internal diameter or obstructions. The Aintree has a length of 55cm, internal diameter of 4.8 mm (not 4.2 as stated in the video) and external diameter of 6.0 mm, allowing a paediatric fibrescope or flexible intubating vide endoscope (preferably 4 mm or less) to be passed through the AIC, into the trachea, and then an ETT railroaded after removal of the SGA over the AIC. If that sounds confusing, watch the video!
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The Difficult Airway Society (DAS) have a nice poster guide to help you remember how to do this – click the image below to open/download. (Open access).
A description of the technique for intubating through a supraglottic airway that offers a sufficiently large internal bore to allow an appropriate-sized endotracheal tube using an adult fibreoptic or flexible video endoscope. Take note of the method of providing ventilation during the endoscopy!
As usual, this is an unscripted video, and constructive critique is welcomed to help us improve the educational offering.
A quick introduction and overview of the the TotalTrack Video Laryngeal Mask.
For more information, a list of publications and open access to our 2016 paper in SAJAA, you can see the OpenAirway TotalTrack page.
A quick overview of the basic technique using the Fastrach ILMA.
As always, these videos are unscripted, so if you have suggestions or critique, please use the comments section!
This came up recently during an M&M discussion of a very challenging spinal surgery/airway case. Here’s a quick overview of the technique:
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Yip, another whirlwid tour, this time of the situations and considerations that may lead to intubating through a supraglottic airway. Each method will be expanded upon in later videos.
These videos are made off-the-cuff and can certainly be improved, so if you have suggestions, please put them in the comments!
A whirlwind tour through selection, indications, precautions, sizing and troubleshooting. For an overview of the types and classifications, see this post.
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A brief (7 min) overview of the some of the types, classification and classes of SGAs, as part of some preparatory material for SMACCdub Airway Workshop participants.
For the next video on using SGAs, see this post.
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