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SASEM: Cutting Edge Evidence-based Airway Management

By Rick Body / February 16, 2022 February 16, 2022

I gave this talk at the SASEM (Saudi Arabian Society for Emergency Medicine) conference, 2022. In this talk, I discuss recent practice-changing evidence relating to emergency airway management. I cover endotracheal intubation in out of hospital cardiac arrest (including the AIRWAYS-2 trial), video vs. direct laryngoscopy tips to optimise your view on laryngoscopy and maximise first pass success, and I cover the use of surgical cricothyroidotomy by London Ambulance Service.

Learning from airway management in the ED: UK Perspective

By Dan Horner / November 4, 2021 November 11, 2021

This is the transcript for an invited talk at the recent Difficult Airway Society (DAS) 2021 virtual conference. It was lovely to be invited and great of the organisers to …

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JC: Rocuronium or Suxamethoniun for RSI. St Emlyn's

By Simon Carley / December 21, 2019 April 19, 2021

We’re always a little cautious (scared) about entering any sort of emergency airway debate on social media as opinions are usually strongly held, and evidence is often of the lighter …

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JC: Macintosh vs. McGrath laryngoscopy in pre-hospital care.

By Simon Carley / August 14, 2019 August 19, 2019

There has been an ongoing debate about the use of video laryngoscopy (VL) in emergency and critical care1–4. Proponents speak of the better visibility and ability to teach using video …

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SMACC Day 1 Morning Sessions: St Emlyn’s

By Simon Carley / March 27, 2019 March 27, 2019

It’s great to be back in Sydney for the final SMACC conference. The team have travelled from across the world to join the SMACC family back where it all started …

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JC: Should we continue ventilations during RSI? St Emlyn’s

By Simon Carley / February 22, 2019 February 23, 2019

Over the last few years there has been much effort and a fair bit of #FOAMed activity around ensuring that RSI in critical environments is as safe and efficient as …

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#smaccAIRWAY – Airway Masterclass at #smaccDUB

By Chris Gray / June 28, 2016 June 28, 2016

In its 4th iteration at SMACC this year, the airway workshop was held twice – in the morning and afternoon. It was essentially a masterclass in what is being …

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JC: The last breath for apnoeic oxygenation?

By Janos Baombe / October 10, 2015 April 26, 2020

Apnoeic oxygenation in emergency intubation in the ED is a concept that has emerged in the past few years and has been promoted by the FOAMed community quite extensively. I …

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