Lesson series

Bougie Mastery

How to use a bougie for intubation for both operators and assistants
Format

Online
Course

Duration

About 30 minutes

Price

A$ 20.00

The bougie is a team event

Most bougie teaching is for the person holding the laryngoscope. But first-pass success also depends on the airway assistant. This course teaches the microskills both of you need, and how to make them work together. You'll learn to:
  • Direct the bougie tip and pass it through the cords
  • Recognise and fix tracheal and arytenoid hang-up
  • Do the four assistant jobs well, and avoid connector hold-up
  • Coach each other to first-pass success
  • Run a full team bougie sequence
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Built for the whole airway team

For intubators and the people who assist them, in the ED, ICU, theatre and prehospital.

Who it's for

ED, ICU, anaesthetic and prehospital clinicians who intubate, and the nurses, ODPs, RTs and paramedics who assist them.

What's included

Short video lessons, a 10-question quiz and a certificate of completion you can log as self-directed learning in your CPD portfolio, wherever you practise.

Your instructor

Dr Cliff Reid is an emergency, prehospital and intensive care physician in Sydney, and clinical lead for the resuscitation room at Northern Beaches Hospital ED. The assistant microskills in this course were published by Cliff and his ED colleagues in Annals of Emergency Medicine (2025).
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