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WAAM Airway Workshop:
Richard Cooper demonstrating proper VL technique and dropping some serious VL pearls
#WAMM19
Richard Cooper demonstrating proper VL technique and dropping some serious VL pearls
#WAMM19
“When performing laryngoscopy with a hyperangulated VL *don’t* place the tip of the blade in the valleculla. This elevates and tilts the larynx making tube delivery very difficult.”
“Look at the patient’s mouth, not the screen, when introducing the tube into the mouth. If you look at the screen you risk perforating the soft tissues of the posterior oropharynx.”
With HA VL aim for this view:
NOT this view:
With HA VL, “perfect is the enemy of good” when it comes to view
