Will pay top $$ for a trach light from you if you have one....

[Milhouse Van Houten]

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IF anyone has a trach light they don't want, I would be willing to pay top dollar for it. They stopped producing them and my hospital doesn't have any. Please let me know.

 

[drmwvr]

IF anyone has a trach light they don't want, I would be willing to pay top dollar for it. They stopped producing them and my hospital doesn't have any. Please let me know.

I'd be glad to check around. If we have one, I'll just give it to you. But I think it's gone the way of vacuum tubes because of the video assisted intubation devices. Why the urgency for the trach light? Do you practice in the 3rd W?

 

[pgg]

What's a trach light ... aka light wand?

 

[Milhouse Van Houten]

Haha, no I don't practice in a 3rd world country...quite the opposite. I became very facile with the trach light in residency. It was great for cervical fusions in patients with small mouth openings. The only alternatives are asleep FOI or the glidescope. The glidescope can be difficult in patient with small mouth openings, and although the FOI is the gold standard, it takes a few more minutes (not as efficient in private practice). So if you have a trach light, please do let me know. I'll also pay for all shipping fees of course.

 

[Icefrog]

Would you eat a poop hotdog for a trach light?

 

[coprolalia]

I became very facile with the trach light in residency.

There's this search engine that's been out there for a few years. It's called "Google". You may have heard of it. Using it, it took me less than 4 seconds to find the following:

http://www.buyemp.com/product/1010605.html

In the meantime, I suggest you work on expanding your skill set.

-copro

 

[IlDestriero]

There's this search engine that's been out there for a few years. It's called "Google". You may have heard of it. Using it, it took me less than 4 seconds to find the following:

http://www.buyemp.com/product/1010605.html

In the meantime, I suggest you work on expanding your skill set.

-copro

An excellent welcome back post.
I like the Bullard scope for cervical injuries and/or limited mouth opening adults. Easy when you get the hang of it, and it requires only about as much mouth opening as the tube itself. Check it out, if they're still available.
I'm one of the only ones where I work that uses the light wand. Many of the rotating residents say they've never used one before? WTF are they teaching now?

 

[proman]

I thought they stopped making the light wands, which is maybe why a lot of residents don't even know what you're talking about. I've used it, not very impressed.

 

[Milhouse Van Houten]

There's this search engine that's been out there for a few years. It's called "Google". You may have heard of it. Using it, it took me less than 4 seconds to find the following:

http://www.buyemp.com/product/1010605.html

Hey copro, also there's this thing call "reading." Using that skill, it took me less than 4 seconds to to realize your link is only offering pediatric trach lights. Don't be a douche bag. I'm your colleague.

 

[proman]

Try calling 866-246-6990, they have the Rusch Trachlight listed. Looks identical to the Laerdal.

 

[Jay K]

There's this search engine that's been out there for a few years. It's called "Google". You may have heard of it. Using it, it took me less than 4 seconds to find the following:

http://www.buyemp.com/product/1010605.html

Hey copro, also there's this thing call "reading." Using that skill, it took me less than 4 seconds to to realize your link is only offering pediatric trach lights. Don't be a douche bag. I'm your colleague.

Brother, evidently you don't know Copro...

Welcome back...

 

[Orin]

IF anyone has a trach light they don't want, I would be willing to pay top dollar for it.

Would this work? http://www.eraymedical.com/aamesuflexli1.html

If not and you really want one, maybe these guys can help you out.
http://www.reliablemedsupplies.com/search.cfm?q=trachlight&x=0&y=0
http://compare.ebay.com/like/330523958572

There's this search engine that's been out there for a few years. It's called "Google". You may have heard of it.

You might like this: http://lmgtfy.com/
For example, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=trachlight

 

[sevoflurane]

For example, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=trachlight

Ok... that was cool. 😎 Like magic!

Anywho... I like the trach lights cuz you get to turn off all the lights in the room and steal the show for a couple of minutes. 😉

Yet to use one in PP.

 

[Mman]

Haha, no I don't practice in a 3rd world country...quite the opposite. I became very facile with the trach light in residency. It was great for cervical fusions in patients with small mouth openings. The only alternatives are asleep FOI or the glidescope. The glidescope can be difficult in patient with small mouth openings, and although the FOI is the gold standard, it takes a few more minutes (not as efficient in private practice). So if you have a trach light, please do let me know. I'll also pay for all shipping fees of course.

awake fiberoptic. I've got the patient's nares and pharynx anesthetized and ready to roll before the previous patient is even out of the OR. Takes no time at all.

 

[btbam]

By trachlight do you mean lightwand? The hospital I'm at right now loves them, the learning curve is fairly steep and I don't really see its advantage over say, a glidescope but man it's fun to make a spooky jack-o-lantern in the pt's trachea with the lights down.

 

[Lightwand]

By trachlight do you mean lightwand? The hospital I'm at right now loves them, the learning curve is fairly steep and I don't really see its advantage over say, a glidescope but man it's fun to make a spooky jack-o-lantern in the pt's trachea with the lights down.

I love the lightwand (see screen name). Comparing the lightwand and the glidescope is like comparing apples to oranges. Very different tools with very different uses.

For me, the ideal lightwand airway is a little old lady. Small mouth, limited extension, fairly thin neck that is easy to transilluminate. Nice and gentle, you don't have to stick a big piece of metal in the mouth. Plus, it's quick. I think it's definitely provider dependent, but in the right patient I can have the tube in with the lightwand faster than I would even be able to get a blade in the mouth and expose the cords. You can use the lightwand in bigger patients (my record is 126 kgs), but it's not my first choice in a fleshy character. Plus, people are way impressed the first time they see it used. 😀

The glidescope (for me, and I know some people LOVE the glidescope) is not the be-all-end-all that some people think it is. I do like the glidescope for c-collars, and the bigger OSA type crowd with lots of soft tissue to move. The blade is big and can be hard to get in a small mouth. And what bothers me the most about the glidescope is that you can often see what you need to see, but can't get there with the tube, even with the rigid stylet. I have on more than once occasion had to use the bougie with the glidescope and once had to use a fiber as a moveable stylet. As far as video laryngoscopes go, I prefer the Storz C-MAC.

Two very different devices that both have a place, but are hard to compare head-to-head because they're so different.

 

[IlDestriero]

Here is a source for light wands.
Our old reusable ones are EOL, bovie to the rescue. Unfortunately they're single use.
It's a dying art.
http://www.boviemed.com/products_aaronlights_flexible.asp

 

[imfrankie]

Here is a source for light wands.
Our old reusable ones are EOL, bovie to the rescue. Unfortunately they're single use.
It's a dying art.
http://www.boviemed.com/products_aaronlights_flexible.asp

Not at all dying...I love the light wand.
P.S. I recently heard of this old timer who retired the laryngoscope and moved to the wand.

 

[IlDestriero]

Not at all dying...I love the light wand.
P.S. I recently heard of this old timer who retired the laryngoscope and moved to the wand.

Which ones are you using? Still on the market?

 

[Hamhock]

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[UTSouthwestern]

You guys talking about the lightwand made me look around my inventory and didn't realize I had two new and unused original lightwands.

Needless to say, not my instrument of choice as I have two unused ones and only recall using a lightwand once in residency. My loss.