Do you own your own video laryngoscope?

[cockblockandrun]

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Do any of you own your own portable video laryngscope? i.e. glidescope, pro-vu.

If so, what is the reason you invested in them?

I have been doing only hospital/academic based jobs my entire career and starting to do some locum work in Florida at surgery centers- so I was thinking about investing in one just because Florida is just shady in general.

 

[aneftp]

McGrath videoscope. Don’t buy used/refurbished as there can be some recalled models recirculating on eBay.

$1250 direct from Medtronic sales rep. This is OEM. No third party sales. Direct from manufacturer.

Tell them you are medical provider. That’s the direct rate.

Of course you gotta buy your own spare battery and blades/sleeves…..I will leave it to the moral’s police task force to tell you alternative ways to stock up on plastic sleeves without paying.

I’m not a big fan of the portable teleflex videoscope. It’s better for anterior airways than McGrath (those McGrath have much more than expensive X blade sleeves).

 

[cockblockandrun]

McGrath videoscope. Don’t buy used/refurbished as there can be some recalled models recirculating on eBay.

$1250 direct from Medtronic sales rep. This is OEM. No third party sales. Direct from manufacturer.

Tell them you are medical provider. That’s the direct rate.

Of course you gotta buy your own spare battery and blades/sleeves…..I will leave it to the moral’s police task force to tell you alternative ways to stock up on plastic sleeves without paying.

I’m not a big fan of the portable teleflex videoscope. It’s better for anterior airways than McGrath (those McGrath have much more than expensive X blade sleeves).

Any experience with Provu? I personally found this to have a better video resolution than McGrath.

ProVu Video Laryngoscope | Single-Use and Sterile

ProVu Video Laryngoscope: ready to use in seconds. Wipeable display with sterile, single-use handle and low-profile metal blade are designed for patient safety.

flexicare.com

 

[aneftp]

Any experience with Provu? I personally found this to have a better video resolution than McGrath.

ProVu Video Laryngoscope | Single-Use and Sterile

ProVu Video Laryngoscope: ready to use in seconds. Wipeable display with sterile, single-use handle and low-profile metal blade are designed for patient safety.

flexicare.com

That device the provu is almost like the teleflex video scope with the bigger adapter for the bigger screen. Teleflex screen adapter is actually even bigger at 10 inches.

The provu is nice. The issue is how much with blades/sleeves cost you?

You need to think in terms of parts an availability of blades. It’s like the inkjet or shaving blade business model. The videoscope is just one part of your cost.

If you are routinely using the device. The cost will add up big time if the center you cover doesn’t have the blades. 3-4 cases a day can add up quickly.

I use McGrath because I have rapid access to the blades/sleeves.

 

[PpfSuxTube]

Don't work in places that don't have VL. It's basically standard of care now or @ least very close to it.
If they're gonna skimp on this, forget them

 

[aneftp]

Don't work in places that don't have VL. It's basically standard of care now or @ least very close to it.
If they're gonna skimp on this, forget them

Couple of outpatient places I go to have pretty crappy 2006-2008 barley visible glidescope (the original manufacturer). Feels like the screen quality of the old crt tv. Or the 2013 cmac.

That’s another reason to carry your own if you moonlight so you are more familiar with your own equipment.

 

[cchoukal]

Don't work in places that don't have VL. It's basically standard of care now or @ least very close to it.
If they're gonna skimp on this, forget them

Seriously, what kind of Janky-ass places are you working that don’t have some kind of video laryngoscope? Even our individual room Plastics offices have them.

 

[cockblockandrun]

Seriously, what kind of Janky-ass places are you working that don’t have some kind of video laryngoscope? Even our individual room Plastics offices have them.

Florida.

They have them but are not functional lol.

 

[NicholasPavona]

I just stole one from the surgicenter. They'll never miss it!

 

[aneftp]

I just stole one from the surgicenter. They'll never miss it!

We had 12 McGrath stolen from our trauma main OR area. The second time it happen in 5 years. Definitely some low level house keeping staff reselling them on eBay

The cardiac floor operating suites (3 of them) upstairs and GI area and and other remote location McGrath were not stolen

Which tells u the housekeeping people or someone in the main Or was stealing it. Since the other locations were left untouched