Airways and Intubation

A key skill that any inspiring intensivist requires is the knowledge of when a patient needs to be intubated and placed on mechanical ventilation. The understanding and experience of when to perform this is almost as important as the skills one must possess to keep your cool during difficult patient scenarios and difficult intubation algorithms. The aim of this page here is to give you the information to make better decisions on when to intervene, how to intervene and skills to allow your ot become an master of the airway.