Effect of Use of a Bougie vs Endotracheal Tube and Stylet on First-Attempt Intubation success Among Patients with Difficult Airways Undergoing Emergency Intubation. JAMA May 2018. It’s been a year since Brian and his team […]
Tag: bougie

Week 8: with Jacob Avila
Finally! Jacob Avila (@5minsono) of 5minsono.com joins us the ever-interesting topic of using ultrasound in airway management – specifically in tube confirmation. We cover the details of the exam, examples of successful and unsuccessful intubations […]

Week 7: Haney at SMACC
This week we have Dr. Haney Mallemat (@criticalcarenow) and a session done at SMACC 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The Tempodrom, above, was an awesome venue but unfortunately we got rained out and couldn’t get it […]
Bougie and the FPS with Interview by Brian Driver
Hennepin breeds a culture of bougie use 80% of the time. Brian Driver’s study shows a FPS of 95%. Let’s chat with the author in the this article review and interview.

Airway Week 5: Dr. Haney Mallemat
This week’s video analysis is with epic guest commentator Dr. Haney Mallemat (@criticalcarenow), while at Castlefest/Resusfest 2017, a critical care and ultrasound conference held in Lexington, Ky. In part one of two, we discuss a difficult […]

Airway Week 3 with Dr. Chris Doty
This week’s video is commentated with Dr. Christopher Doty, Residency Director at the University of Kentucky. Enjoy the video, feel free to discuss points in the comments below. Poppa’s Pearls from the video: 1. […]

Airway Week 2
In this scenario, intubation was managed by our second year resident, Michael Elliott. A 53 year old obese male presented “requesting a nebulizer.” Although he initially improved with minimal intervention, the patient quickly decompensated. He became […]