Case A critically ill patient presents to the emergency department (ED) requiring an emergent, definitive airway. While…
Airway technology has advanced rapidly in recent years and many emergency departments (EDs) now stock video laryngoscopes…
Ever since the BEAM (Bougie Use in Emergency Airway Management) trial was published in JAMA in 2018,…
Early percutaneous tracheostomy in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients is associated with improved outcomes compared to management with…
There are two causes of difficult airway: anatomy and physiology. These two factors are not always equally…
Editors’ Note: This article was accepted on March 13, 2020, and was accurate at that time. Because…
Simulations to test the effectiveness of personal protective equipment (PPE) may reveal shortcomings in both the equipment…
Bagging patients for 60 seconds while waiting to intubate dramatically reduces the odds of low oxygen levels…
There’s a big difference between patients who are mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is, by…
SAN DIEGO—What do you do when your obese, medically fragile patient presents profoundly short of breath? This…