Approach to emergent and out-of-OR intubation

Anesthesia STAT: the Stanford Anesthesia Tutorial Podcast - A podcast by Derrick Wu, MD

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Joe and Derrick discuss their approach in getting called for an emergency airway out of the OR. They talk thought process when first getting the call (00:59), what to do when first seeing the patient/environment (08:53), the MSMAIDS of intubation (12:50), the importance of positioning the patient (25:54), medications to induce with for intubation (33:54), mental checklists and doing the time out (38:57), and closing thoughts (41:41).