Hello, med students. My name is Zach Olson, and thank you for downloading this week's

episode of the EM Clerkship Podcast. We're still wrapping up some pre-recorded episodes. There's

three pre-recorded episodes left, and then I'm going to kind of do an episode, updating everyone

on where we're going with the podcast, which I'm really excited about.

But before we, we get into kind of the 2019 season, which in my mind hasn't technically started yet, even though it's 2019, we need to talk a little bit more about airway.

And we talked about airway a long, long, long time ago, suction, moved the tongue, right?

Airway management is probably like the core procedure in all of emergency medicine.

If there's like a procedure that defines us, it's our ability to come up with lots of different ways to manage the airway.

That's why we do anesthesia rotations and stuff too,

because they're similar.

A lot of airway management skills in our training.

And there is a saying in emergency medicine,

and you've probably heard it.

ABC's IV O2 monitor advanced airway equipment to the bedside, right?

This is what we do when the fully dressed screaming, cyanotic train wreck covered in their own feces, right, gets, gets thrown onto your

stretcher by EMS. ABC's IV O2 monitor, Monitor, Advanced Airway Equipment to the bedside.

This is like our safety blanket in emergency medicine, okay?

And so we talked about it way, way back, way back in that old Airway episode.

And as we said, when you think Airway, and especially as a med student, too, the first thought

that comes to your mind should be very basic. Grab suction, pick up the back of that tongue, so

jaw thrust, however you do it. It's a cognitive mistake that will burn you if during airway

you jump in your mind to intubation. Don't do it. Suction, move the tongue. That's like your

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