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Wake Up! Awake Intubation in the ED

Wake Up! Awake Intubation in the ED

by Adam Parks, Kate O'Connell, Richard Hoang | Oct 24, 2019 | Airway, Anesthesiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries

Here we seek to provide a guide on when to consider awake intubation in the Emergency Department (ED), with an approach to the procedure! The Difficult Airway When assessing patients who may require any form of airway intervention, we should be assessing for two main...
An Analysis of Paralysis: Neuromuscular blocking agents in the Emergency Department

An Analysis of Paralysis: Neuromuscular blocking agents in the Emergency Department

by Bo Zheng, Richard Hoang | May 3, 2018 | Anesthesiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation

In this post, we will discuss the use of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) for intubation in the Emergency Department; we will focus on considerations in predicted difficult airways (RSI vs. awake intubation), Rocuronium vs. Succinylcholine, and the indications...
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