Oh I completely agree. The difficult airway algorithm doesn't even approach roc reversal unless adequate ventilation is established.
But it can serve as one more security blanket to coax NMBA reluctant providers into using them.

I feel the stigma of rsi with a butt load of roc will fade as sugar momma becomes generic and widely distributed.

And it's always fun talking about the cultural differences between specialties. Reminds me of different branches of the military giving each other crap in a bar.

Absolutely agree. You don't waste time and can get their MV up on the vent to stabilize things.

Also, most people are not going to maintain spontaneous MV anywhere close to achieving respiratory compensation if you are messing around in their airway - ketamine or no.

I don't disagree, but I will say for myself, I use PAO2 as an early warning sign to how close we are to falling off the edge of the HB disassociation curve.

I told a paramedic student to close his eyes and trust in the force to guide his tube. If looks could kill the circulator would have disintegrated me.

Cliff, why is the provider wearing an Enterprise era Starfleet uniform? Are you from the future?

I feel experience really bridges a lot of gaps. The way I have responded to code #234 is a lot different than the way I responded to code #1.

You know there has gotta be some real dark shit there. Maybe he had some jumps where he needed to blow off some steam and that's where serial killers come from.

What about the theory that JFK was thrown into different bodies (aka Quantum Leap) and is now working on getting home so he can become captain of the first starship? Because that's what happened.