The best laryngoscopes for veterinary medicine
During an interview with dvm360®, Tasha McNerney, CVT, CVPP, VTS (Anesthesia and Analgesia), shared when it's appropriate to use the Miller blade laryngoscope versus the Macintosh blade laryngoscope.
In an interview with dvm360®, Tasha McNerney, CVT, CVPP, VTS (Anesthesia and Analgesia), detailed the characteristics of the 2 most common blades in veterinary medicine, plus she described which tool is best for various patient populations.
View the video below for the entire discussion. The following is a partial transcript.
Tasha McNerney, CVT, CVPP, VTS (Anesthesia and Analgesia): When we're talking about...cats, or brachycephalic [breeds], like those really small little apple-headed friends that we have come in, that's where I like to pull out the Macintosh blade [which] you notice has a curve to it. So instead of a straight [blade], this curves in and it actually is used to pull that epiglottis down.
