This one is purely for historical purposes! We didn't have much equipment, but we still could make awake intubation work. Now with better atomizers and more potent meds, this procedure is so much easier. See the links below to see current thinking.
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- EMCrit 247 – The Dissociated Awake Intubation with my buddy, Ketamine
- EMCrit 194 – Definitive Emergent Awake Intubation with George Kovacs
- EMCrit 145 – Awake Intubation Lecture from SMACC
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