James DuCanto, M.D.
@jducanto
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Anesthesiologist, Author, Educator, Inventor. You’re never too smart to do something simple.
Milwaukee, WI
Joined May 2011
Behold the #SAGA of iGel SGA insertion @FLTDOC1 @AirwayMxAcademy @JohnCSakles @BonKu @boulder_now @tbouthillet @osmoticmembrain @gueromedico @ketaminh @NicholasChrimes @christifulli88 @FlightBridgeED @DrJeffJarvis @EM_simclub @drlauraduggan @jstgeorgemd @EBMgoneWILD @EMSwami
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Suction assisted iGel insertion @AirwayMxAcademy @airwayGladiator @airwaycam @JohnCSakles @tbouthillet @TBayEDguy @ketaminh @gueromedico @EM_RESUS @DrJeffJarvis @EBMgoneWILD @EMSwami @emcrit @jameshorowitzmd @jstgeorgemd
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Wishing peace and healing to the friends and family of a brilliant friend who ended his journey in life yesterday, and wishing healing and peace to his spirit. Iceman, the pattern is clear… @RussBrown3 @TBayEDguy @airwayGladiator @mededgene @DalaiLama
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I’m proud of my colleague @airwaycam who has volunteered to work at Bellevue in NYC. I wish this had not happened to him. @FLTDOC1 @airwayGladiator @AirwayMxAcademy @kovacsgj @ketaminh @simon13althaus @JohnCSakles @apbohn @HandtevyMD @amerelman @EmergencyDocs @washingtonpost
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Phase 1 assembly of the Hemoptysis simulator from @rollcagemedic! @OrenFriedman @emcrit @jameshorowitzmd @KangarooBeach @airwayGladiator
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Although my daughter is NOT on Twitter, they passed their NREMT Friday!! Looking forward to their next adventure! @mededgene @airwaycam @RicAnderson.
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@maffygirl @silv24 As a father and a husband—I’m only interested in the health, comfort and safety of my wife during childbirth. Those are the bottom lines. However we get there to a safe birth for both mom and baby is all that matters. Health misinformation does us all so much damage.
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Well, hello, I can see your vital signs are within normal parameters. Would you like to discuss becoming part of the Borg Collective? @AirwayMxAcademy @NaveenEipe @EMManchester @cliffreid @Luca_Uenlue @emcrit @maffygirl @fuzzymittens @DGlaucomflecken @Gas_Air_CCdoc @EM_RESUS
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Simulating an optimized position for Emergency Ground level airway management with three folded blankets &the CPRPillow wedge. Mannequin adjacent to subject unsupported. @emcrit @gueromedico @ResusOnTheRoad @DrJeffJarvis @jarrodmosier
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Using the prone position is a highly useful strategy in COVID-19 therapy. Good friend @airwaycam is now ramping up to supply these positioning aids. visit them at and register. @FLTDOC1 @kovacsgj @jameshorowitzmd @EMSwami @emcrit @DrJeffJarvis @ketaminh
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@DGlaucomflecken Our lives are not owned—they are leased. You discovered this 20 years earlier than most people. It’s a gift.
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#AirwayMedTwitter How concerned are EM/Anesthesia/Critical Care professionals w/the potential degradation inDL laryngoscopy skills w/the universal adoption of VL? Would true DL/VL scope help? @AirwayMxAcademy @CriticalCareNow @VirtueOfNothing @emcrit @NicholasChrimes @RCoANews.
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Yay! My wife is home from the hospital! I need a #FOAMed musician to write a song extolling Dexamethasone and Elaquist @jameshorowitzmd @gingerlockeATX @GongGasGirl @KangarooBeach @mededgene @Dr_CommonSense.
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Yay! The #D-Grip is Worldwide! @airwayGladiator @TBayEDguy @kriskaull @airwaycam @kovacsgj @jameshorowitzmd @ketaminh
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Newest Sim session w/SALAD and the iGel--consider your options when insertion is difficult and airway contamination has occurred. @airwayGladiator @AirwayMxAcademy @jameshorowitzmd @EBMgoneWILD @EMSwami @jstgeorgemd @tbouthillet @TBayEDguy @christifulli88.
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Blakemore tube insertion simulation at Advocate Christ Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency #AirwayDay @jameshorowitzmd @emcrit @OrenFriedman @EM_RESUS
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@DrCasteelEM We have a tool for that. My advice is to NOT fashion together equipment on an emergency basis—obtain devices that are constructed to handle the problem. See my colleagues response for more details. I invented the SALAD Simulation and Technique.
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@kiswanson Are you sure that’s not a photo of some BoarsHead Ham? Anyway, this gets the tin-foil hat award, that’s for sure.
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A technique worked out in simulation for management of a profoundly contaminated airway with an iGel #NeedMedicalDirectorApproval #NotMedicalAdvice @FLTDOC1 @RussBrown3 @mededgene @RBarrix @tbouthillet @gueromedico @airwayGladiator @CriticalCareNow @NicholasChrimes @DrJeffJarvis
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@emily_fri Intubate while talking. In a British Accent, like Sir Richard Attenborough. Ok, you don’t need to use the accent, but seriously, by narrating the procedure as you perform it, it will speed up your mastery of your understanding and skill in performing the procedure.
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Carrying the McGrath Mac in an equipment bag can be troublesome—because it can break if not in a protective case. I found that the Pelican 1060 is the most compact option to keep it protected @Gas_Air_CCdoc @AndrewACNP1 @CRM_saves_lives @GERpocus @Aidan_Baron @AirwayMxAcademy
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You have delighted and horrified my medical student this morning—thank you!! #SuperSALADFan.
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Cruising in the HOV Lane in the Tesla Model Y @OrenFriedman @jameshorowitzmd @ResusOnTheRoad @gueromedico
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For those traveling medical professionals @KangarooBeach @TBayEDguy @rollcagemedic @airwayGladiator @FLTDOC1 @CMGrffn @ashleyliebig @MedFlightDoc Me and the new SALAD mannequin off to Portland WI Volunteer FD SALAD Seminar
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I will commission this very exhibit once I won the Nobel prize for SALAD. @jstgeorgemd @SSCORsuction @ketaminh @EmiProducts @simon13althaus @FOAMedic1 @airwayGladiator @EM_simclub @julesantosER @gueromedico @DrJeffJarvis @jameshorowitzmd @Shorty_Med @continulus @paswinton.
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I brought the #SALADSim to a 7th grade classroom today (teacher is a good friend who teaches science). She asks the class, “Would you rather talk about your feelings, or play with the vomiting mannequin?” @airwayGladiator @TBayEDguy @jameshorowitzmd @christifulli88 @SSCORsuction.
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The only way to improve direct laryngoscopy in the modern age—A gold plated Bainton 2 blade with a short handle. @tbouthillet @FLTDOC1 @christifulli88 @vamedic @TBayEDguy @jameshorowitzmd
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View from the Botanical Gardens Of Sydney Opera House prior to the premier of West Side Story this evening
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Holy SALAD 2.0--@christifulli88 really handles a bad sim airway here @TBayEDguy @LiWeiLin2 @TheNeurosim @airwayGladiator @KangarooBeach
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Just received notice I’m approved to present at the next American Society of Anesthesiology section on Up-to-date Advances in Obstetric Airway Management. @CarinHagberg @NaveenEipe @EMManchester @Gas_Air_CCdoc @AirwayMxAcademy @VirtueOfNothing @KangarooBeach @lowebrad @maffygirl.
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The best SALAD video since 2014 w/ @MikeSteuerwald Cherry pie mix in the airway.@KangarooBeach @mededgene @airwayGladiator @Shorty_Med @jameshorowitzmd @FLTDOC1 @DaveOlvera1 @jstgeorgemd @ashleyliebig @RussBrown3 @gingerlockeATX @LiWeiLin2 @NicholasChrimes @airwaycam @gueromedico.
Audio On!. The Bloody Hell SALAD! I utilized some 🍒 and 💉 to create realistic and budget friendly simulation. Recipe below! . #BloodyHellSALAD #SALAD #FOAMed #Airway
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Starting out summer with an effective portable SALAD capable suction solution: The SEADUC @amerelman @RussBrown3 @tbouthillet @ketaminh @FlightBridgeED @EM_simclub @emcrit @DrJeffJarvis @FOAMfrat @paramedickiwi @Shorty_Med @ashleyliebig @phccinfo
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@EM_RESUS Well done-you (or your colleague) stayed high and dry. SALAD Park would reduce the removal of supplemental O2 (caused by the suction) while maintaining hypopharyngeal decontamination as Tom suggests. The open tipped Yankauer was good enough in this case.
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Ready to simulate #SALAD and #BEEFSALAD at #ASA22 @jameshorowitzmd @simon13althaus @EM_simclub @boulder_now @ketaminh @emcrit @cliffreid @FLTDOC1 @DrJeffJarvis
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Airway management on a 164 kg patient, full beard, Mallampati 2-3. Key? Head up 30 degrees, optimize upper airway w/LMA, skip face mask ventilation. High complexity. @AirwayMxAcademy @airwayGladiator @DrJeffJarvis @maffygirl @a_hueb @VirtueOfNothing @doctimcook @KangarooBeach
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Repurposing a Resuscitation-Anne CPR head for teaching (gulp) Cricoid pressure. @AirwayMxAcademy @Gas_Air_CCdoc @dastrainees @AirwayLegend @doctimcook @AfricanAirway @maffygirl @fuzzymittens @armyemdoc @dastrainees @Aidan_Baron @airwayGladiator @ben_cloyd @SurferKirst
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Join the #OxylatorNation 2Be prepared for potential #SurgeCapacityVentilation @PulmCrit @emcrit @RollingStone @jstgeorgemd @DocBranden @FLTDOC1 @RCoANews @ATACCGroup @codachange @NicholasChrimes
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.Setting up for Ground SALAD segment of SALAD Seminar at #IAC2022. Johnny Cash a tune “A Boy Named Sue” playing in the background. @romduck @FLTDOC1 @gueromedico @julesantosER @NoDesat @EM_simclub @NYCEMSwatch @GritCoachMd @ketaminh
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Time to go #OverBoard on preparation! 3D printed parts courtesy of @BigSystemsLLC and stl files courtesy of These parts allow manual bags to double filter @nytimes @washingtonpost @latimes @dallasnews @phoenixnewtimes @chicagotribune @BBCWorld @denverpost
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@EM_RESUS @armyemdoc Sam et. al., I wonder if you and your staff could be served well with this off-the-shelf tech. I have a head mounted version, and there’s this unit—very useful esp. in dark pigmented patients: Your hospital likely owns them. I’d love to see this in the Trauma Bay as well.
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@tbouthillet @AirwayMxAcademy @FLTDOC1 @doctimcook @KangarooBeach I finally found a good use for a tracheal intubating stylet
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@DGlaucomflecken I’m saving this letter for when I begin teaching at a Wisconsin Technical college whose EMS program is engaging with me to become an instructor and their new medical director. SHOWING the students the meaning of their work @tbouthillet @christifulli88 @DrJeffJarvis @Shorty_Med.
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#SALAD in the time of #COVID-19 DM me if you want a download link for educational use @omega_cap @NaveenEipe @jameshorowitzmd @SSCORsuction @FLTDOC1 @kovacsgj @AirwayMxAcademy @airwayGladiator @JohnCSakles @airwaycam @jstgeorgemd @HandtevyMD @BonKu.
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A mannequin so well constructed, you’ll wonder if you need a babysitter when you leave the Sim lab at the end of the day. @7SIGMAMPLS @anaplastos @Shorty_Med @jameshorowitzmd @airwayGladiator @christifulli88 @FlightBridgeED @AirwayMxAcademy
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Happy Hi-flow Nasal Cannula New Year! Get this flow meter from Precision Medical—does 10-70 lpm without any guesswork @airwayGladiator @TBayEDguy @KangarooBeach @jameshorowitzmd @kovacsgj @drjdt2644 @FLTDOC1 @DrJeffJarvis @airwaycam @drlauraduggan @emcrit @TheNeurosim
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Should you crave attention from TSA, always carry a human head in your carry-on luggage @ashleyliebig @TBayEDguy
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A SALAD Master and Commander @adamragah w/#BloodyHellSALAD @airwayGladiator @jstgeorgemd @999CPD @jameshorowitzmd @Shorty_Med @LiWeiLin2 @FLTDOC1 @TBayEDguy @airwaycam @ireland_sam1 @LiWeiLin2 @DrJeffJarvis @AirwayMxAcademy @gueromedico @gingerlockeATX @KangarooBeach @thomas1973.
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A recent peer reviewed article demonstrates that the SSCOR DuCanto Catheter…sucks. @FLTDOC1 @cliffreid @EBMgoneWILD @ketaminh @keatingteam1 @NaveenEipe @AirwayMxAcademy @airwayGladiator @JohnCSakles @EM_RESUS @DGlaucomflecken @domagojsono @SSCORsuction
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Coming to Scotland and AUS next year: the SALADbaby @maffygirl @KangarooBeach @johannes_wittig @ParamedicsUK @jameshorowitzmd @Shorty_Med @toby_MCC99
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Prehospital SALAD @FLTDOC1 @airwayGladiator @LiWeiLin2 @ketaminh @EMSwami @christifulli88 @gueromedico @DaveOlvera1 @julesantosER @dpraterems @MikeFirNaTine @KangarooBeach @doctimcook.
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A new type of oral airway can improve safety during upper GI endoscopy—a case report from APSF @AirwayMxAcademy @VirtueOfNothing @HansvanSchuppen @IJA_web @Assoc_Anaes @bobfunn @maffygirl
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Mike making a believer out of us at #WEMSA2018 @FLTDOC1 @ashleyliebig @RBarrix @drlauraduggan @DrJeffJarvis @jameshorowitzmd @KangarooBeach @NicholasChrimes @thenursealyx @Shorty_Med @FOAMedic1 @kovacsgj @airwayGladiator
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This just in—Suction-Assisted Containment of Respiratory Droplets During Airway Management With the SALAD Technique @gueromedico @FLTDOC1 @ketaminh @AirwayMxAcademy @HansvanSchuppen @amerelman @EMSwami @Anaes_Journal @_Anesthesiology @anesthesianews.
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Building some VL’s for Simulation. The Storz S-Imager blades fit 5.5.mm OD USB driven cameras. @TBayEDguy @airwayGladiator @emcrit @Shorty_Med @ketaminh @KangarooBeach @drlauraduggan @gueromedico @jstgeorgemd @thomas1973 @AirwayMxAcademy @ViaAerea_cl @RussBrown3 @carenzmd
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@AirwayMxAcademy @TBayEDguy @ketaminh @EM_RESUS @NaveenEipe @airwaycam @HansvanSchuppen The modern problem is now ETT delivery. The problem w/ VL is that you can visualize, but occasionally not actualize (I.e., intubate).
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I’ve made lots of friends w/ SALAD @Shorty_Med @phccinfo @continulus @jstgeorgemd @ketaminh @airwayGladiator @julesantosER @christifulli88 @jameshorowitzmd @FLTDOC1 @mededgene @simon13althaus @boulder_now @gueromedico @DrJeffJarvis @EM_simclub @Country_fiedMD @thenursealyx.
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Getting ready for a lecture at NYP in April @FLTDOC1 @airwayGladiator @jameshorowitzmd @TBayEDguy @christifulli88 @ketaminh @kovacsgj @KangarooBeach @DrJeffJarvis @drlauraduggan @LiWeiLin2 @ireland_sam1 @domagojsono @EM_RESUS @drjdt2644 @TheNeurosim @thomas1973 @thenursealyx
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#NonFoamTweet Dedication of corner Michigan Ave& Chicago Ave. in Chicago to my late father. ! @ketaminh @TBayEDguy
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#WAMMsterdam the BEST airway management conference I’ve ever attended @ketaminh @airwayGladiator @SSCORsuction @julesantosER @christifulli88 @NaveenEipe @mededgene @RussBrown3 @JohnCSakles @IreneOsborn17 @kovacsgj @AirwayMxAcademy @WAAGBali @AirwayOnDemand @airwayflexible.
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#SALADWars with the staff at the U of Cincinnati HEMS @cliffreid @TBayEDguy @tbouthillet .@EaglesGather @ProtectedAirway @dasairway @_dasFOAM @Luca_Uenlue @AirwayMxAcademy @airwayGladiator @TheAirwaySite @MarkHamill @FLTDOC1
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@MikeFirNaTine @CMGrffn @the_TOTAL_EM @NicholasChrimes @mitchpage3 @JohnCSakles @kovacsgj @airwaycam @doctimcook Copy of a previous tweet: Picture 4 is the Kiwi grip (Dr. Frova’s innovation), Picture 5 is the kiwi-D grip, picture 6 describes the locking of the proximal end bougie into the Murphy eye. Both allow steer-ability distal tip
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When autocorrect results in something humorous during communication with a student. @FLTDOC1 @airwayGladiator @Shorty_Med @kovacsgj @jameshorowitzmd @ketaminh @KangarooBeach @jstgeorgemd @DrJeffJarvis @airwaycam (I was placing an aline, an arterial line)
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Excited to be informed of the #SALAD quality improvement project!! #dasFOAM #dasSMACC @EM_simclub @a_hueb @domagojsono @airwayGladiator @gueromedico @Shorty_Med @paswinton @ParamedEducator @rcpEspana @AirwayMxAcademy @boulder_now @simon13althaus.
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Should all resources become exhausted. we have the industrial base to continue to solve problems. Have a look at this demonstration with the Oxylator #COVID19 @ketaminh @airwayGladiator @AirwayMxAcademy @airwaycam @FLTDOC1 @jameshorowitzmd @boulder_now
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@HandtevyMD This is awesome! Wonderful case report, saved a life, made the VL work when the situation looked grim. 1.The technique that is described is off-label, and as the inventor of the DuCanto Catheter I am not permitted to promote the technique, however, I can state that I have used.
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@FLTDOC1 You likely present yourself with authenticity, self-awareness and compassion which is the result of your commitment to self, profession and humanity. Time in the role and profession pays a huge dividend, &having a natural love for people and a growing compassion for their plight.
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The goal—create the first #IntensiveCareBear perhaps w/ultrasound vascular access too. @TBayEDguy @airwayGladiator @SurferKirst @ketaminh @jameshorowitzmd @KangarooBeach @TheNeurosim @emcrit @airwaycam #Prepping&Draping4Transplant
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Happy to see some Canadian SALAD! @tbouthillet @TBayEDguy @AirwayMxAcademy @cliffreid @Gas_Air_CCdoc @christifulli88 @airwayGladiator
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If it is one thing I have learned from the EMS airway educator mentors I have encountered—Is that you must make a friend of Barf. @kovacsgj @PACAirway @DrJeffJarvis @FLTDOC1 @mededgene @NicholasChrimes @airwaycam @JohnCSakles @DarrenBraude @FLTDOC1 @boulder_now @DrSkawman
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You can make friends with #SALAD @amerelman @airwayGladiator @FLTDOC1 @EMSwami @tbouthillet @jstgeorgemd @jameshorowitzmd @christifulli88 @gueromedico.
Our EMS Program Medical Director, @jducanto provided a great day of airway and SALAD training for our paramedic students today. It is a real pleasure to experience this man’s passion for teaching. Thanks for a great day, Doc!
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@smithECGBlog THINK OF THE DOOR TO BALLOON TIME. DO YOU WANT ST FRANCIS TO HAVE BETTER STATS THAN YOU?.
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@thanh_neville Mannequin on its way to the #BigSick23 in Zermatt Switzerland for #SALADTechnique training. Photo credit to its owner @Luca_Uenlue
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Suction-Assisted Supraglottic airway insertion. SASI. Respect goes out to those with an affiliated twitter handle. @mcsassymd @sassistheword @jameshorowitzmd @Shorty_Med @airwayGladiator @DrJeffJarvis @EMtgDO @CMGrffn @traumakhan @AirwayMxAcademy
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Huzzah! The D-grip is now published @ketaminh @KangarooBeach @TBayEDguy @kovacsgj @TheNeurosim @madmedic809 @Shorty_Med @ResusOnTheRoad
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#MyXAnniversary I continually think of getting off this platform, but I stay for the friends and colleagues I’ve made over the years. Thank you to those who’ve given me intelligent and balanced feedback and a bit of humor.
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@johannes_wittig @airwayGladiator @AGN_Graz @DPurkarthofer @adroitsurgical I have a few suprises you’ll want to tinker with when we get there! I’ve enabled the esophagus with…A DUCK CALL 🦆! It will QUACK if you deliver a breath too quickly with the BVM. @jameshorowitzmd @AirwayMxAcademy @NoDesat @ketaminh @airwayGladiator @TBayEDguy @tbouthillet
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Teaching medical simulation in a (Halloween) party atmosphere seems strangely fitting, considering the realities of the critical care medicineWePractice @AirwayAcrobat @SSCORsuction @FLTDOC1 @Shorty_Med @hypoxicchicken @jameshorowitzmd @DrJeffJarvis @OrenFriedman @ultrasoundREL
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Not my hospital, but. Ya' got to know this stuff! @ketaminh @airwayGladiator @the_TOTAL_EM @EMS1 @hp_ems
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This team stands ready to save the world @RussBrown3 @CMGrffn @airwayGladiator @mededgene @TBayEDguy and so many more
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@TheMtnMedic @ketaminh @ErikaPanaro @airwayGladiator @carenzmd @FLTDOC1 @DrJeffJarvis @jameshorowitzmd @KangarooBeach @TBayEDguy @christifulli88 @BigSick18 @gueromedico @emcrit @AirwayMxAcademy @kovacsgj @airwaycam After first round of morning lectures, skiing and then lunch in front of the Matterhorn
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My New Butterfly Ultrasound Probe recharging and sunning itself next to a drone on a Pelican Case. Next to a Djembe. @jameshorowitzmd @FMaeWestMD @OrenFriedman @PERTConsortium @madmedic809 @texprehospital
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@Apirotte @airwaycam @MJP_MD @MDaware Deliberate intubation of esophagus withETT has helped salvage heinous contaminated airways—allowing it to passively serve as drain to outside the pharynx. Using a second ETT as a oropharyngeal Suction tool would make sense (lacking a LargeBoreRigidSuctionCatheter). @DrJeffJarvis.
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When visiting @jameshorowitzmd at Bellevue Hospital, it’s best to be prepared for anything, especially the Supernatural @VirtueOfNothing @AirwayMxAcademy @OrenFriedman @EMManchester @EM_RESUS @ReubenLangdon
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@FLTDOC1 @JoshuaStilley Said it best, “Patient positioning doesn’t happen before airway management…it is airway management.”.
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