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n his 31 years of anesthetizing patients, anesthesiologist Thomas
Durick, MD, has seen plenty of airways that "would make the hair on
the back of your neck stand up." He recalls a recent case at
Fremont
(Calif.) Surgery Center
during which he successfully navigated a diffi-
cult airway using a video laryngoscope with a camera at the tip of the
blade and a monitor to provide him with direct views of the glottis. "I was
almost chuckling to myself as I was doing it, and someone in the OR asked me
what was so funny," he says. "I'm an old-school guy, so I just couldn't explain
how much of a difference [the technology] made, how easy it was, comparative-
Tools for Better
Airway
Management
Advanced devices and expert techniques have anesthesia providers —
and their patients — breathing easier. Bill Donahue | Senior Editor
• OPEN SEASON Airway management devices
such as video laryngoscopes and supraglottic
devices improve with each generation.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
