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Bimanual
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Bimanual laryngoscopy. Direction on neck is opposite direction
of lift on the laryngoscope.
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An assistant then maintains pressure at this location,
freeing the laryngoscopist's right hand to place the tracheal tube. |
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Bimanual laryngoscopy is the most effective and fastest means of improving laryngoscopy-
the laryngoscopist reaches around with the right hand, manipulating the larynx externally
while directly observing the effect on laryngeal view. After the view has been optimized,
an assistant maintains pressure at this location, freeing the laryngoscopist's right
hand to place the tracheal tube. Bimanual laryngoscopy is not cricoid pressure and
not the same as Backward, Upward Rightward Pressure performed by someone else.
Videographic study of bimanual laryngoscopy
(PDF)
Bimanual Laryngoscopy vs. Cricoid Pressure and
BURP (PDF) |
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