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