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Bailin at Mass General demonstrates a novel way of anesthetizing the airway during an awake intubation... through the fiberoptic scope port to anesthetize the posterior oropharynx and vocal cords.
Slide the endotracheal tube...
intubation because of a pneumonia and COPD exacerbation. You anticipate that the patient may be a difficult airway intubation and may desaturate quickly during laryngoscopy. While you are setting...
Does your endotracheal tube get caught up on a swollen or floppy epiglottis during insertion?
Trick of the Trade: Endotracheal tube lubrication
Occasionally the endotracheal tube... 
Today's newswire heralded the merits of silver in reducing infections in patients on ventilators:
"A silver-coated endotracheal tube may reduce infections with highly resistant bacteria over traditional...
control is essential. During endotracheal intubation, suction sometimes just isn't adequate....
Trick of the Trade:
Leave the esophageal tube in.
Reattempt endotracheal intubation.
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You prepare to intubate the patient using a rapid sequence induction protocol: etomidate, succinylcholine, 8-0 endotracheal tube.
Or do you?
This Paucis Verbis card discusses the delayed sequence...
for endotracheal intubations in the Emergency Department where things are chaotic. Strategic planning and anticipation of obstacles during rapid sequence intubation (RSI) are key principles to avoiding complications...
require medical equipment and include the use of oxygen, bag and mask, endotracheal intubation, gastric... and mask, as well as the availability of endotracheal intubation equipment is needed to stabilize a 24 week...
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Since our department got a Glidescope, it has rapidly become a go-to difficult airway adjunct when intubating patients in the ED. Note... operators of VL, the subjects were asked intubate 3 types of mannequin scenarios using a Macintosh curve... 
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