2012 Airway Management Burns 
PHEM Cast
MARCH 17, 2016
In this position the patient’s tragus is lined up with their sternal notch to make the airway as straight as possible. Taken from Weingart & Levitan 2012. References Wilmalasena Y, Burns B, Reid C, Ware S., Preoxygenation and Prevention of Desaturation During Emergency Airway Management. 2012; 59(3): 165-175.
RebelEM
JULY 20, 2023
EMS radios in for a burn patient and to anticipate a difficult airway. The patient is horribly burned. She was smoking with her home O2 on and has severe mixed partial and full thickness burns to the chest, neck, face, and airway. INTRODUCTION You’re moonlighting in a remote access hospital. Acad Emerg Med.
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