Welcome to FOAM of the Week – online resources related to this weeks lecture topics. Maximize your learning by reinforcing what you’ve heard. Plenty of great airway stuff from this week:
- The Five Canons of Levitan – 5 simple techniques to maximize your airway success: http://www.pemed.org/blog/2014/11/24/five-canons-of-levitan-difficult-airway-part-3
- Awake Intubation – watch this video from EMCrit to see it in action: https://vimeo.com/9024311
- Longer version with more discussion: http://emcrit.org/podcasts/awakeintubation/
- Intubation Checklist – from Life In The Fast Lane, because thorough preparation and planning is key: http://lifeinthefastlane.com/rsi-checklist-and-action-plan/
- IO for RSI? Sometimes we need to intubate, but can’t get access due to either difficulty stick or uncooperative patient. Can we use an IO for induction? Find out in this post from Academic Life in EM: http://www.aliem.com/intraosseous-rapid-sequence-intuba
