Editor’s note: Dr. Levitan actually learned nasoendoscopy on himself to better teach airway anatomy—it’s a party trick he has done on stage in numerous conference venues. He now shares this learning experience in some of his airway courses, where operators practice on one another and themselves using sterile sheaths.
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ACEP Now: Vol 34 – No 04 – April 2015
Dr. Levitan is an adjunct professor of emergency medicine at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, N.H., and a visiting professor of emergency medicine at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. He works clinically at critical care access hospitals in rural New Hampshire and teaches cadaveric and fiber-optic airway courses.
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One Response to “Nasoendoscopy a Useful Skill for Emergency Physicians”
April 26, 2015
robertGreat article. I walked away from residency/fellowship with this airway training and now teach our PA staff on the finer points of performing this procedural skill. Maybe it is the generation of hand controllers and gaming but they seem more comfortable on this then what I recall when I was performing this and I thought I had “gaming” skills! One of the important visual tools is the early recognition of a visual obstructive “semi-hydrated proteinacious globule” aka the “booger” and how to clean this off intranasally when suctioning doesn’t just do it. Anyway great skill to have and just getting comfortable with this really pays off. Just got to consider that you need continuous re-exposure to keep the skills up.