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The Dunning-Kruger Effect

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An example would be the recent ACLS graduate who tells the airway manager, who is ventilating the patient well without a leak, that he/she is holding the mask “upside-down”. May 25 2012, 9:00am PDT Sincerely, Tom Trimble, RN CEN All opinions are solely those of the author. Ars Technica blog.

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Assume the position … ??Awkward Airway Positions

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How versatile are your airway skills? Most airway management is done with the patient supine and on a table. Importantly, you should practice airway support and BVM facing the patient "from the south" (facing cephalad). A Tight Squeeze Airway management for the limited-access patient. NREMT (2008).

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Oxygen Powered Resuscitators

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Airway management by first responders when using a bag-valve device and two oxygen-driven resuscitators in 104 patients. One of two small simultaneously published studies comparing bag-valve vs. Strayer, Reuben MD – “ Podcast 65 – A Primer on BVM Ventilation with Reuben Strayer ” – 2012 – EMCrit.org **NOT TO BE MISSED!

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

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Buffington] NTI largely supplanted by RSI: Current resuscitation practice focuses on the oral route for airway management and intubation. Raja, MD, MBA, MPH Trauma Airway Management J Emerg Med. Advances in prehospital airway management. Sukhupragarn, “ Airway Management ,” In: P.

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ED Airway Control —When Two Lives Are At Stake!

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Preface: In January 2015, this blog provided resources for Emergencies of the Third Trimester , however, we did not separately discuss airway management in third trimester pregnancy. Because of the grave concerns of airway management, difficult airway, and aspiration common to third-trimester pregnancy.