Not enough people are doing awake intubation in the ED or doing it as quickly as possible in the ICU. I have spoken about the technique many times on EMCrit. This lecture was specifically crafted for the EMCrit audience by my friend and airway guru, George Kovacs. I consider it to be the definitive discussion on emergent awake intubation.For the equipment links, go to the … [Read more...]
Lights Camera Action: Redirecting Videolaryngoscopy (Guest Post)
A guest post by George Kovacs and John Adam Law These past couple of months will be remembered as significant for many reasons. (No, this is not an election commentary). To me (GK), this period was marked by three important headlines: Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize, Leonard Cohen’s death and Lewis et al.’s Cochrane review of videolaryngoscopy (VL) vs. direct laryngoscopy (DL).1 Dylan … [Read more...]
Podcast 142 – Airway Things I Learned from George Kovacs at the NYC Airway Course
Post Three of Janu-Airway I just finished teaching at one of the best airway courses I have ever participated in (well actually, it's been a few months now). The highlight of the course was meeting Prof. George Kovacs. He has been obsessed with airway for decades. I picked up a number of great tips from him and I'm sharing those tips with you today. Anesthesia for Awake … [Read more...]
Antifragile in EM by George Kovacs
In order to understand this guest post, you need to know two things:Antifragile is an amazing book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. George Kovacs is one of the most incredible airway teachers and thinkers I have met since hanging with Rich Levitan. He will soon be on the podcast, until then enjoy his guest post.Are the Principles of Antfragility Relevant to the Practice … [Read more...]
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