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Karl Storz | C-MAC Video Stylet
Here's another tool
for your airway-
management arma-
mentarium. In the
continuum of man-
aging potentially dif-
ficult airways, it falls
somewhere between
the video laryngo-
scope and the fiber
optic flexible scope.
In an emergency
situation, you may
not be able to get
anterior enough
with a video scope,
and you may not
have time to fiddle
with a flexible
scope. The video
stylet is a rigid alter-
native that hooks on
to a video scope and comes with a flexible tip that can help you navi-
gate through the vocal cords and into the trachea.
It can also record both video and still photos, and it's easy to clean
and reusable, says the company. You may need it only very occasion-
ally, but it'll be good to have when you do.
• MIDDLE GROUND The C-MAC Video Stylet provides a third option between a video
laryngoscope and a fiber optic flexible scope.
