Advanced Airway (PGY-2)

Please prepare for the course by reviewing these resources related to the cognitive phase of technical skills learning prior to the day of the course. The psychomotor phase (guided practice and feedback) will occur in the simulation center.

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Station 1: Difficult Airway/Glidescope Video Laryngoscopy and Fiberoptic Intubation

1. Conceptualization:
   • Roberts and Hedges VL Section
   • LLUEM Residency Airway Checklist
2. Visualization:
   • Glidescope 4-step Technique
   • LMA as a Rescue Device
   • Dr. Gallagher's Fiberoptic Intubation Youtube Video
3. Verbalization:
   • VL OSATS

Station 2: Difficult Preoxygenation/Obese Intubation

1. Conceptualization:
   • Laryngoscopy and morbid obesity: a comparison of the "sniff" and "ramped" positions.
   • ED Management of Airway in Obese Adults
   • Life in the Fastlane "Own the Oxygen" blog post
   • Preoxygenation and Prevention of Desaturation During Emergency Airway Management
   • Emcrit Preoxygenation, Reoxygenation and Deoxygenation Blog Post
2. Visualization:
   • George Kovacs Passive High Flow Oxygenation/CPAP Lung Window View
   • George Kovacs Understanding your BVM
   • Ramping examples (Example A is poor positioning)
3. Verbalization:
   • Intubation Preparation OSATS
   • Direct Laryngoscopy OSATS

Station 3: Pediatric Intubation

1. Conceptualization:
   • Pediatric Airway Screencast
2. Visualization:
   • Pediatric Intubation POV Video
3. Verbalization:
   • Pediatric Intubation OSATS

Station 4: Cricothyrotomy

1. Conceptualization:
   • emcrit surgical airway
2. Visualization:
   • Scalpel-Finger-Bougie Cricothyrotomy Third-Person Video
   • Scalpel-Finger-Bougie Cricothyrotomy POV Video
   • Needle Cricothyrotomy Setup and POV Video
   • "Laryngeal handshake" and sternal stabilization video by Rich Levitan
3. Verbalization:
   • Needle Cricothyrotomy OSATS
   • Open Cricothyrotomy OSATS