Video Laryngoscopy

  • Airway Glossary
  • Stepwise Approach to Video Laryngoscopy
  • Performance Errors in Video Laryngoscopy
  • How to Review a Laryngoscopy Video
  • Laryngoscopic Airway Anatomy
  • Airway Video Cases
SectionPurposeMain content
1. Airway Video Library – landing pageGatewayWhat the project is; LITFL–Mount Sinai collaboration; learner and educator pathways; searchable cases; latest cases
2. How video laryngoscopy worksFoundationsDirect versus video laryngoscopy; standard geometry versus hyperangulated; Macintosh/Miller; screen versus direct view; bougie versus stylet
3. Laryngoscopic airway anatomyLearn what you are seeingSequential landmarks from mouth to trachea; normal anatomy; variants; contaminated/obscured anatomy
4. Stepwise laryngoscopy techniqueTeach the procedureMouth entry → orientation → epiglottis → vallecula → lift/view → device → tube → completion
5. Performance errorsControlled taxonomySGVL 13-error taxonomy; HAVL 20-error taxonomy; definitions; example videos; linked troubleshooting
6. Troubleshooting laryngoscopyConvert error into action“What am I seeing?” → likely mechanism → correction → example case
7. How to review a laryngoscopy videoEducator frameworkRepeatable viewing method, timestamps, classification, uncertainty, feedback
8. Airway glossaryCommon languageAnatomy, equipment, techniques, manoeuvres, grading systems, errors, complications, eponyms
9. Case libraryApplied learningStandardised case posts with filters, progression from normal to difficult
10. Contribute/review a caseGovernanceDe-identification, permissions, video preparation, metadata, peer review, authorship

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