lma with stylet

[thegasman]

anybody do this? One CRNA in particular at my hospital takes a stylet and puts it in the lma classic to make it curved similar to a fast track. He swears by this and goes on and on about the thousands of lmas he has placed. Several of the other nurses do it too. I don't really see the point as I never had any trouble in the first place.

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[KungPOWChicken]

Sounds Good

 

[KungPOWChicken]

For a ******!!!!!

 

[rsgillmd]

anybody do this? One CRNA in particular at my hospital takes a stylet and puts it in the lma classic to make it curved similar to a fast track. He swears by this and goes on and on about the thousands of lmas he has placed. Several of the other nurses do it too. I don't really see the point as I never had any trouble in the first place.

I would ask him why he feels the need to add a stylet. I've the LMA classic in many variations and never had difficulty (except for twice as a CA-1 (on the same day) -- my attending couldn't get it either so we masked the patients).

 

[Trisomy13]

does he use training wheels on a tricycle as well?

 

[dhb]

does he use training wheels on a tricycle as well?

 

[amyl]

from the small number of lmas i have placed, using a stylet seems completely unncessary...why one more sharp thing in the airway if you don't need it?

 

[jwk]

anybody do this? One CRNA in particular at my hospital takes a stylet and puts it in the lma classic to make it curved similar to a fast track. He swears by this and goes on and on about the thousands of lmas he has placed. Several of the other nurses do it too. I don't really see the point as I never had any trouble in the first place.

Gee, and I've placed thousands with........................let's see...........................oh yeah, nothing. I wish someone had told me I was doing it wrong.

 

[jetproppilot]

Gee, and I've placed thousands with........................let's see...........................oh yeah, nothing. I wish someone had told me I was doing it wrong.