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NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Use of a Bougie for Emergency Intubation: A Second Look

William Rosenblatt, MD

Airway managers have come to know that the operating room (OR) and emergency department (ED) differ greatly in how the airway should be approached. For one, every patient in the ED is assumed to be at aspiration risk, and unlike the ED, cases in the OR can often be delayed when it is recognized that different resources, personnel or patient preparation are needed.

It is therefore gratifying to see that Anesthesiology News (2018;44[8]:1,41) chose to interview the primary