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An EM Resident’s Guide to Basic Airway Management

Core EM

This document will focus on the anatomical considerations and aspiration risk. Only about 50% sensitive for detecting an esophageal intubation (Grmec 2004) and about 65% sensitive for detecting a main-stem intubation in the operating room where everything is much quieter than in the ED (Sitzwohl 2010). Auscultation. Even worse.

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