We noted the presence of a gastric tube, whether cricoid pressure was applied with the assistant’s thumb and index finger, and if a correct lift manoeuvre was performed (the operator lifts the ...

While one of the three intruders took out a hammer and started smashing into a display case, Sorani says he jumped off his work bench, grabbed a plastic broom handle and came out swinging.

Despite learning how to position his body to manipulate the harness, he could not securely hold a laryngoscope handle to perform direct laryngoscopy. “The left hand couldn’t hold the ...

The buzz at last year’s ASA Conference was that in another 10 years we will all look back on the blade and handle direct laryngoscope as a primitive instrument. With a video-laryngoscope ...