Consider Early Tracheostomy in Select Patients Konstantinos Spaniolas MD George C. Velmahos MD, PHD The timing of tracheostomy presents an ongoing debate. Studies are inconsistent on what is considered early…
Use Bronchoscopic Guidance for Bedside Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy (PDT) Susanna L. Matsen MD Elliott R. Haut MD Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) has quickly become the standard method for conversion from…
Always Use a Vertical Incision when Performing a Cricothyroidotomy Brandon R. Bruns MD Heidi L. Frankel MD No situation in medicine is as stressful as the management of a patient…
Have a Low Threshold for Contacting the Most Experienced Available Airway Professional in Patients with Diseases Associated with Difficult Airways Lauren C. Berkow MD Patients in the intensive care unit…
Do not use The Presence of End-Tidal CO2 to Rule Out Esophageal Intubation Patricia M. Veloso MD Scenario You are called to emergently intubate an obese woman for increasing respiratory…
Use Cricoid Pressure when Performing Rapid Sequence Intubation or Bag-Mask Ventilation Rahul G. Baijal MD Cricoid pressure, first described by Sellick in 1961, is used to occlude the upper esophagus…
Preoxygenate Patients Before Intubation Rahul G. Baijal MD The purpose of preoxygenating a patient before induction of general anesthesia and paralysis is to provide maximum time that a patient can…
Know How to Use the Licox System to Measure Brain Tissue Oxygenation Aaron Bransky MD Heidi L. Frankel MD Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability…
Consider Placing an Intracranial Pressure Monitor in Patients with Glasgow Coma Scale ≤8 Jose I. Suarez MD Neuronal injury is usually classified as primary or secondary. Primary injury refers to…
Remember that Pulse Oximetry is Inaccurate at Lower Saturation Levels Nirav G. Shah MD Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive method to measure arterial hemoglobin saturation. The probe for the pulse…
