INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Why Were Rigid and Semirigid Fiberoptic- and Video-Laryngoscopes Developed? Macewan originally performed endotracheal intubation with his fingers.1 In 1913 Janeway used a speculum very similar to…

HISTORY AND BACKGROUND Print Section Listen In this day and age with video-laryngoscopy (VL) rapidly becoming the standard of care for orotracheal intubation (OTI) one might rightly ask if there…

CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 57-year-old male was admitted for laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis. He was otherwise healthy, apart from essential hypertension, for which he took hydrochlorothiazide. He…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Do We Still Need Nonvisual Intubating Techniques? For many decades, tracheal intubation under direct vision using a laryngoscope has been considered the standard technique of intubation….

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen What Is the Challenge of Difficult and Failed Airway Management? Competency with regard to airway management is fundamental to the practice of anesthesia, emergency medicine, emergency…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen “Airway management” may be defined as the application of therapeutic interventions that are intended to effect gas exchange in patients who are unable to do it…

CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 58-year-old male who completed radiation therapy for a large supraglottic tumor 4 months ago now presents to the Emergency Department in significant respiratory distress…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Providing effective ventilation and oxygenation using a bag mask is probably the single most important component of airway management. Bag-mask-ventilation (BMV) refers to the use of…