er intubations

[m32b]

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working a shift in the er yesterday when a patient needing intubation came in...i tried (m3), my resident tried and then my staff tried: no luck...the situation wasn't looking so good at this point...luckily an anesthesiologist was in the department preoping a patient when we called him over...guy heard our story and went over to the er airway cart and pulled out this device called a lighted stylette...made getting the airway look soo easy....the thing is basically a five inch handle with flexible stylette an endotracheal tube slides onto...there's a light source at the tip of the stylette...the guy said the thing is a lifesaver and er physicians should know how to use it...he also said something about laryngeal masks and how they were a bridge until someone with more airway experience shows up.

any anes. people ever use this thing (lighted stylette)

 

[NaeBlis]

working a shift in the er yesterday when a patient needing intubation came in...i tried (m3), my resident tried and then my staff tried: no luck...the situation wasn't looking so good at this point...luckily an anesthesiologist was in the department preoping a patient when we called him over...guy heard our story and went over to the er airway cart and pulled out this device called a lighted stylette...made getting the airway look soo easy....the thing is basically a five inch handle with flexible stylette an endotracheal tube slides onto...there's a light source at the tip of the stylette...the guy said the thing is a lifesaver and er physicians should know how to use it...he also said something about laryngeal masks and how they were a bridge until someone with more airway experience shows up.

any anes. people ever use this thing (lighted stylette)

Yes, I have used it, on the floors though, not the OR. I think its called a tube exchanger. But the ones we have are not lighted. They really are very useful for difficult intubations.

 

[DrMom]

Duplicate thread. Open one is in the EM forum.