Where better to start than with airway management?  In this episode I speak to Scott Hardy. Scott is a Critical Care Paramedic and medical educator with over ten years experience in the speciality. He has a professional interest in airway management and teaches on the Difficult Airway Course.  We actually ended up chatting for a bit longer than expected so I've broken the episode down into two parts. In this first part we spoke about the goal of airway management and ways we can maximise our success. I really hope you enjoy the episode. Please do subscribe, leave us a quick review, and feel free to get in touch with any comments, opinions, or feedback.  Cheers!  -- Silas   References Can an airway assessment score predict difficulty at intubation in the emergency department? (Reed, Dunn, and McKeown, 2005) Direct Laryngoscopy and Tracheal Intubation (Bannister and MacBeth, 1944) Anatomic Insights and Practice Changing Concepts (Levitan, 2012) The "Ear-Sternal Notch" Line-How Should You Lie? (Rahiman and Keane, 2017) The Difficult Airway Society Guidelines The Vortex Approach 'EVLI' Airway Incrementalization (Kovacs, 2018) #EMCrit Kovacs Kata to Optimize a Failing Laryngoscopy Attempt (Weingart, 2019) #EMCrit   Sound recordist Jack Neuman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.