Unnervingly high rates of peri-intubation complications can occur. We’ve all heard that statement, or at least something comparable. Some...

This post isn’t going to teach you the skills of performing a surgical cricothyrotomy. There are already some incredible resources out...

As a critical care provider, you decide based on the clinical presentation and assessment of a patient with a traumatic head injury and...

Anyone who has been through paramedic school in the past decade has probably heard of the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills) and...

I have to start off by saying I do have a small bias here and that this reading is largely a "Why I'd choose Rocuronium or...

Let’s talk all things Etomidate. Then again, when we decide to use this drug, typically we are dealing with a rather low...

The list is probably shorter for what Ketamine is not given for. It’s a ubiquitous drug and for that reason, it’s important to understand...

** First to "Comment + Share" with the name of the video game referenced in the title slide gets free FOAMfrat Stickers ** In some of my...

There's a cardiac arrest in progress, and we're coming in as a second crew. The code is taking place at a local nursing home, and CPR is...

Know how to use your laryngoscope appropriately, break it through practice, and use progressive laryngoscope to get The View.

A few days ago I put up a thought experiment blog on generalizing the dose of rocuronium to 100 mg for anyone over the age of 18 years...

Here on FOAMfrat we do a lot of thought experiments. I would like you to consider the pro's and con's of relatively fixed dose paralytics...

Defend the airway with all tools available. Be intentional, methodical, and steadfast in your commitment to serve your patients through aggr

We fool ourselves and get a clean kill with a laryngoscope if proceed to intubate without a methodical, evidence-based practice to actively

One handed face-mask EC seal SUCKS! Two handed EC seal is okay, but you’re better off to "Feel the Seal" and provide thumbs down...

Let's have a little chat about static and dynamic tube confirmation. I organized a few graphs to show my current thought process. When...

The Airway Gauntlet! Is there any benefit to reap from the obligatory "Airway Gauntlet" day of medic school. Remember this day?...

You might love checklists, or maybe you might hate them. Either way, I found my service in need of a somewhat standardized system to go...

Why Do You… Williamson County EMS takes airway management seriously. We’ve learned the hard way that sometimes things don’t go the way we...

In my last post, I gave my thoughts on the excellent PART trial which compared King LT vs Endotracheal Intubation (ETI) as the initial...