Engineering Simplicity in Crisis: Mastering Airway Management Through Systematic Approaches With Dr. Rich Levitan

Episode overview

About This Episode

Renowned airway enthusiast, Dr. Rich Levitan, on mastering airway management. Explore his approach to simplifying complex tasks into achievable and believable steps. Every complexity incurs a debt to crisis performance, instead, learn how we can decrease stress and engineer success in crisis performance.

Resources

• YouTube link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWMJS-pKYKw

• The Resus Tailor - https://www.theresustailor.com/

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• A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back -  https://amzn.to/3YJJrf2

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Guest/Cast/Crew information-

Guest- Dr. Rich Levitan

Host- Ross Orpet, Will Berry 

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