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Jonathan St. George, MD, is the founder of The Protected Airway Collaborative.

The Evidence for Video Laryngoscopy for the Neonatal Airway

The benefits of video laryngoscopy (VL) have been widely discussed and promoted for adult intubations. However, direct laryngoscopy with a Miller blade remains the go-to option for neonatal airways. 2024 may change that.

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The Critical Language Compendium

language designed to elevate your airway practice About this project Language and communication are critical and often overlooked components of successful airway management. Critical language provides clarity of thought, reduces […]

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Letters to a Young Airway Practitioner

It's that time of year when the new interns are on the steep part of that learning curve. Here is a timeless letter with great advice for the young airway practitioner.

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Why You Need a FONA Kit

The Scalpel Finger Bougie (SFB) technique did away with the old emergency cricothyrotomy kits, and while the old kits should remain in the past, maybe it’s time we rethink the […]

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A Realistic Difficult Airway Trainer for Inhalation Burn Injury

tools of the trade designed to elevate your airway practice […]

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Focus On Hemodynamics in the Peri-Intubation Period

EVIDENCE based airway When it comes to intubation we are […]

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The AMBU aSCOPE

tools of the trade designed to elevate your airway practice TOOLS OF THE TRADE – REVIEW The AMBU aScope is a single-use, flexible bronchoscopy device that can be used for […]

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Jaw Wired Shut? No Problem.

What’s Inside 10 POINTS AVAILABLE Open the guide and visit each poster to collect maximum points. If you are in a PAC pop-up physical space, complete the skills challenges, demonstrate […]

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3D Printing Comes to the Video Laryngoscope

create your own affordable VL training tools At our last in person PAC event, we were fortunate enough to have Bryan Archpru of AirAngelBlade come to join us. Everyone was […]

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An Easy Way to Remember if Sux is Safe for Your Patient

Succinylcholine (Sux) is a depolarizing skeletal muscle relaxant. It combines with […]

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Be Great at the Bag Valve Mask

A Podcast DESIGNED TO ELEVATE YOUR AIRWAY PRACTICE Join us as we explore the strange disconnect between this supposedly fundamental skill set and its real world implementation. Introduction When the […]

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Anatomy of the Bag Valve Mask

A NEXTGEN LEARNING SPACE DESIGNED TO ELEVATE YOUR AIRWAY PRACTICE It lives in or nearby almost every clinical space, but when was the last time you really took a close […]

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Glidescope CORE

Tools of the Trade designed to elevate your airway practice Start here Glidescope Intro Video Check out the product video from Verathon to get a first look at what this […]

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Emergency Thoracotomy

A NEXTGEN LEARNING SPACE Emergency Thoracotomy I’ve had a few requests to post this video since we recorded it in early 2020. I was waiting until I completed the overlays […]

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Learning for Humans

Searching for the Heart of Medical Education What role does inspiration play in the life of a physician’s education? Is it valued in healthcare, in continuing education, or as a […]

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Rapid Sequence Intubation

Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is the virtually simultaneous administration of a sedative and a neuromuscular blocking (paralytic) agent to render a patient rapidly unconscious and flaccid in order to facilitate emergent […]

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