All the literature goodness for June 2024
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- EMCrit 378 – So NSTI – Necrotizing Fasciitis & Life Threatening Soft Tissue Infections - June 29, 2024
- EMCrit Wee – Adaptive Support Ventilation (ASV) - June 24, 2024
- EMCrit RACC-Lit Review for June 2024 - June 18, 2024
I believe that these studies on the success rate of intubation with a bougie are simply an attempt to validate with numbers what any experienced professional already knows. If you have a decent bougie and are trained in how to use it, it is simply much easier to intubate a patient with it in any situation, especially with a video laryngoscope. Of course, experienced doctors do not need a bougie in the vast majority of situations. If well-positioned and well-sedated, you should not have a problem in 95% of patients. But is it easier to intubate with a bougie? Definitely.… Read more »