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ORX Awards and the Winners Are ... - September 2014 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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9 5 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 4 | O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E A I R W A Y M A N A G E M E N T Airway Visualization Devices • Carlos Brun, MD , is an anesthesi- ologist and medical-surgical ICU co-director at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in California. • Gary Lawson, MD , provides anes- thesia at the Adult & Children's Surgery Center of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers. • David Rosen, MD , is the president of Midwest Anesthesia Partners in Naperville, Ill. • Ashish Sinha, MD, PhD , is vice chair of Anesthesiology and Perioperative medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pa. Video Views of What can we learn from online outlooks? V ideo-assisted laryn- goscopy has revolu- tionized airway man- agement. While anesthesia providers warn that the technology cannot replace the skill and training nec- essary to intubate a surgical patient, they admit that the ability to see "around the corner" of res- piratory anatomy gives them an advantage in challenging airway situations. We asked a panel of anesthesiologists what they saw when reviewing a selection of videolaryngoscope demonstra- tions online, and we've included links to the videos they watched. Here's what stood out to them. — David Bernard The Commentators

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