Emergency Airway Management

This is a great, accessible review paper in Annals of Emergency Med that Dave sent out about emergent airway management. It takes a Q&A approach, answering head-scratchers such as:

• How long should you pre-oxygenate?
• What position should the patient be in?
• When should I ventilate during the apneic period?

Weingart S, Levitan R. Preoxygenation and prevention of desaturation during emergency airway management. Ann Emer Med. (59)165-175: 2012.

Manage that airway.