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Having worked prehospital I can certainly relate to the stress of the crisis situation that you work in. Intrubating patients under duress can be challenging to say the least.
But one can never get enough experince intubating patients. The nice thing about refreshing your skills in the OR, is that you can take your time. Really identify the anatomical landmarks. and increase confidence levels. More often than not most of the paramedics that rotate though my OR miss intially, possivbly due to the stress of being observed, and working in an "alien" setting. I have yet to have any paramedic student or experinced provicer "bag" every intubation we allow them to attempt. Even we who practice intubation on a daily basis, tube the goose once in awhile. Over confidence is killer in airway management, the more experince the better.
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