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Have a severe inferiority complex at my ineptness at doing any procedures without an ultrasound or glidescope. When I started out fellowship I was initially trained to use Mac blade or glide. Mostly if I couldn't get with Mac the attending would jump right in. Never learned Miller blade . Same with vascular access or thora/ para I was gunshy about complications and did every single procedure with U/S. Had close to zero complications but meant I was not doing many subclavians or arterial lines by palpations or femoral / IJs by landmark technique.
And now as an attending obviously even more paranoid about complications so everything goes in by Glidescope or ultrasound . My success rate is very good but technology dependent . So far I have survived but one day it's going to catch up with me courtesy a broken technology device.
And now as an attending obviously even more paranoid about complications so everything goes in by Glidescope or ultrasound . My success rate is very good but technology dependent . So far I have survived but one day it's going to catch up with me courtesy a broken technology device.
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