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An EM Resident’s Guide to Basic Airway Management

Core EM

For an unstable patient in the ED, you will definitely not be able to do this entire evaluation, but any part will be helpful – even if its just having them range their neck and thrust their jaw while getting pre-oxygenated, or looking in the mouth to make sure the jaw isnt wired shut! Auscultation. Observation of chest rise.

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