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Contaminated Airway
Patients requiring intubation in the Emergency Department are never “NPO after midnight.” This means that emergent airways are often massively “contaminated” with blood, vomit, and other secretions. Learn what to do when your your sick patient's oropharynx overflows with vomit and needs a secure airway.
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Curated byJonathan St. George MD
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@jopo899 @doctimcook @ketaminh @mjcthomas74 @QASMedDirector @fjnstourton @EMER_G_MED @FatamboGary @cliffreid @craigwylie @drlaragoldstein @docmikewells @LDNairamb @LeifRognas @Fionafionakel In about 1000 intubations in our ED, the presence of blood or vomit in the airway resulted in the same decrease (10%) in First Pass Success whether using a GlideScope or a direct laryngoscope
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