Great Emergency Airway/ Intubation Pearls:
1. Manual Left Paratracheal Esophageal Compression With An USG Transducer
- Great alternative to Cricoid Pressure with Real-time Ultrasonographic Visualization!
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anae.14442
2. Large-Bore Suction Device/Catheter + SALAD (Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy for Airway Decontamination) +/- Epiglottoscopy with ‘Mac-D Technique’:
- Decontaminate with suction as lead
- Place laryngo-blade (VL > DL)
- Park suction cath by moving it to left of the blade
- Airway is cleared with continuous suction
- Intubate with ‘Mac-D Technique’
- Achieving First-Pass Success