Maintaining an open airway is a critical priority in emergency medicine. Without the flow of oxygen, other emergency interventions can become ineffective at saving the patient’s life. Creating this airway through endotracheal intubation, however, is a difficult task even for highly trained individuals working under the best of circumstances. In the field and in the ER, where seconds matter, emergency medical personnel face many unknowns and wildly challenging condition, which, together, lo...
