tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406547525301395071.post6366755544305149633..comments2023-09-19T04:20:38.429-07:00Comments on Status Iatrogenicus: Technological Crutches and Agenesis and Atrophy of Procedural SkillsScott K. Aberegg, M.D., M.P.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17564774546019869201noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406547525301395071.post-66079385329208871992019-03-12T12:05:33.147-07:002019-03-12T12:05:33.147-07:00Now more on the Boeing 737Max https://www.google.c...Now more on the Boeing 737Max https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/584572/Scott K. Aberegg, M.D., M.P.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17564774546019869201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406547525301395071.post-33970812553682262332019-02-06T15:56:43.940-08:002019-02-06T15:56:43.940-08:00The Air France flight 447 story in all its grippin...The Air France flight 447 story in all its gripping detail. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2014/10/air-france-flight-447-crashScott K. Aberegg, M.D., M.P.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17564774546019869201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406547525301395071.post-14829628128616194542015-05-28T10:16:58.621-07:002015-05-28T10:16:58.621-07:00I just learned of a botched airway in our ICU by a...I just learned of a botched airway in our ICU by a new graduate who could not intubate with the glidescope and did not know how to use other tools at his disposal and had to be bailed out by the ER physicianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406547525301395071.post-30216421073030700422015-05-27T07:08:49.977-07:002015-05-27T07:08:49.977-07:00By the time I get there, defibrillation has alread...By the time I get there, defibrillation has already been done and CPR is ongoing. <br /><br />Then, they need access and an airway.<br /><br />This issue is not so simple as categorically eschewing the new and embracing the old, or the converse. Here, I am trying to objectively determine the best use of the available tools for both routine clinical care and procedural training. Surgical cutdowns for lines and trachs may not really be a german comparison or analogy here.<br /><br />Laryngoscope malfunctions are addressed by replacing a $12 blade. Glidescope malfunctions are addressed by?<br /><br />As I have opined in prior posts this year, sometimes doing things the hard way (walking uphill both ways!) is indeed the best way to do it, at least when you're learning.<br /><br />Now get on your Segway and zip over to the next meeting in your hoodie, you techie you!Scott K. Aberegg, M.D., M.P.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17564774546019869201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406547525301395071.post-91834869814005446872015-05-26T13:17:05.766-07:002015-05-26T13:17:05.766-07:00When I was in school...blah, blah, blah
Why are yo...When I was in school...blah, blah, blah<br />Why are you focusing on the airway and IV access for Code Blue when what matters in ACLS is high-quality compressions and time to defibrillation?<br />Do you think someone was making these comments when DL and CVCs replaced surgical airways and cutdowns?<br />What if the Gidescope malfunctions? What if the laryngoscope malfunctions? <br /><br />Go walk uphill both ways in the snow to school, Old Timer!JMOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04276025154572354316noreply@blogger.com