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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
