Among the least commonly utilized intubation techniques stands the humble digital intubation. The name says it all: the intubator uses their index and middle finger like a miller blade to locate (by palpation) and lift the epiglottis before gliding the ETT between the fingers into the trachea. More commonly utilized in pre-hospital and tactical situations, […]
Stones in bad places!
Posted onA Trichobezoar A 45 year-old female with hx of anemia presents to your ER complaining of 2 days of abdominal pain with nausea and several episodes of dark emesis but otherwise conversant and non-toxic in appearance. She has not passed stool or flatus for 1 day. She reports that she recently felt fatigued and too […]