Great intubation pearls from the Crash Airway Course…

  1. Positioning is the key (often ignored in the ED)
  2. Apneic Oxygenation OR Nasal Oxygen during efforts securing a tube (NODESAT)
  3. Bimanual Laryngoscopy (Using both your hands during the procedure)

Preintubation Positioning

 

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