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#JanuAIRWAY Day 17. CICO - Scalpel Techniques. Absolutely ESSENTIAL knowledge for anyone involved in airway management! Here’s a #OnePager with the @dasairway algorithm. Let’s dive in… #FOAMed
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DAS advocates scalpel-bougie-tube technique for palpable anatomy and scalpel-finger-bougie-tube technique for impalpable anatomy. Here are some #OnePagers #FOAMed
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Perhaps the most difficult part of the process is making the mental leap to pick up the scalpel. That's why mental models and thinking tools like the @VortexApproach are so useful. Check out @NicholasChrimes & Peter Fritz's work
🔗vortexapproach.org
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Again remember you’re not alone in having airway skills – use your surgical colleagues. Involve them early. BUT not all surgeons are equal (same as anaesthetists!) – having subspecialty interests a rhinologist might not be comfortable doing FONA either!
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Here are some papers / links that you might find interesting:
🔗youtube.com/user/DrAMBHear…
🔗das.uk.com/content/video/…
🔗anzca.edu.au/resources/inci…
If you have any others of interest, tweet them to us for inclusion next time!
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Hope that helps. Tomorrow we'll finish up with CICO by looking at Extra CICO Equipment. See you then! #JanuAirway 6/6

*Disclaimer: Inclusion of content (equipment, techniques and scoring systems etc.) in #JanuAIRWAY does not constitute DAS endorsement