the anesthesiologist should insist on the same monitoring standards for airway management in the ED as in the OR, including an electrocardiogram, blood pressure (BP), oximetry, and capnometry
the anesthesiologist should insist on the same monitoring standards for airway management in the ED as in the OR, including an electrocardiogram, blood pressure (BP), oximetry, and capnometry
Appropriate equipment:
oxygen source,
bag-valve-mask ventilating system,
mechanical ventilator,
suction, selection of laryngoscope blades,
endotracheal tubes,
devices for managing difficult intubations
Neuromuscular usage???
Neuromuscular usage???
Although concern may exist that the use of neuromuscular blocking drugs and potent induction anesthetics outside the OR will be associated with a higher complication rate, the opposite is in fact more likely correct.
