Gazmend Berisha

Greetings to all 🙂 I hope You all are doing fine and soon having your summer holidays! Interesting topic, and I will take part in the webinar tomorrow. I am an anesthesiologist, intensivist with special interest in neonatal resuscitation and airway management. I have also recently written an article about the unexpected difficult airway in neonates (in the resuscitation setting) but the same practical experiences can be used in the NICU or ER (infants) when doing intubations there. As the article is sent to a journal for consideration for publication, I cant say so much more. The intubation procedure can be exciting, stressful, scary, sometimes all at once. Preparation, simulation training, the real experience and learning curve, and good "teachers" who teach in a good, pedagogical way is everything / very important to the cause of learning and being competent in this procedure. The use of LMA is not difficult, but it has to be trained and there must be a good teacher/colleague who shows you how to do it and what difficulties you can meet. Really a good tool to have in your toolbox when meeting unexpected challenges with ventilation and intubation. The use of VL is a good alternative especially in trained hands. At the same time, its good for teaching and learning purposes when doing intubation for the first, second, third time. Depending on what VL you have, I have some tips I am willing to share with all of you. The VLs I know how to use are the Karl Storz CMAC, the Glidescope, and the Mcgrath VL (blade one for this VL is the one for intubations in neonates and younger children up to 2-3 years of age). Looking forward to the webinar tomorrow. Have a nice day everyone!