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this episode covers the challenge of the prehospital airway. The But Why team covers unique ways to secure the airway that include "Ghosting the Airway" and "Romantic Hands."
Hear the But Why EMS Podcast team discuss this situation with:
Dr. Robert Stephens
Emergency Medicine Resident at Washington University
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Hawnwan Philip Moy MD
Gina Pellerito EMT-P
John Reagan EMT-P
Noah Bernhardson MD
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