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Editorializing the Editorial.
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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Florida; I did my residency then fellowship in Cardiothoracic anesthesia, completed a Masters In Education at UF in 2012 and have been a UF/VA staff anesthesiologist since 2000. I was also the Director of the Master of Education Fellowship from the C.O.M. until the course was terminated. I am responsible for the Difficult Airway Rotation at the UF and Airway Management Services at the NFSGVHS. My interests include: 1-Airway related topics 2-Education about Airway management 3- Resident training in Airway management 4-Non-Anesthesia providers airway training and education 5-Education in general and specifically technology in education.
The traditional Mac/Miller blades seem so primitive compared to the newer video laryngoscopy methods, likely leading to the “ooh’s and aah’s”, despite probably having equal efficacy in the same situations.
Posted on April 1st, 2009 at 8:22 pmActually I disagree. Current evidence shows superiority of these newer VL both in normal and in high risk group of patients, in terms of ease, effectiveness, speed, failure rate and also both for experts and novices and for outside and in the hospital settings.
Posted on April 1st, 2009 at 9:27 pm