Securing the airway in critical illness is one of the most critically important skills for emergency clinicians.  In 2018, a single-center randomized trial suggested that clinicians should routinely change their approach to airway management to use a bougie (long, thin, introducer aid) when intubating.  This large, multi-center, randomized trial showed that physicians had equal success with the bougie or traditional approaches, across a range of populations.  Led by Drs. Trent and Ginde, and by Michelle Howell, RN, CU was one of the most robust contributors of data.

Read the publication on JAMA Network >>>