GlideScope GVL - Clinical Application Tips; The Glidescope 4-Step Technique

GlideScope
®
System Getting Started
User’s Manual page 41
Clinical Application Tips
The GlideScope 4-Step Technique
Verathon
®
recommends using the GlideScope 4-Step Technique
as outlined below:
1. In the Mouth: looking directly into the patient’s mouth
and with the GlideScope GVL
®
in the left hand, introduce
the GlideScope video laryngoscope into the midline of
the oral pharynx.
2. At the Screen: With the laryngoscope inserted, look at
the monitor to identify the epiglottis, then manipulate the
scope to obtain the best glottic view.
3. In the Mouth: looking directly into the patient’s mouth,
not at the screen, carefully guide the distal tip of the tube
into position near the tip of the laryngoscope.
4. At the Screen: Look to the monitor to complete the
intubation; gently rotate or angle the tube to redirect as
needed.