3 Airway and Ventilation Equipment

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[Verse 1]
Macintosh curves into the vallecula, blade tip lifts the epiglottis indirectly
Miller runs straight, flips the epiglottis over, Miller loves the infant airway perfectly
Videolaryngoscopy bends around the corner, channeled blade guides the tube right through the port
Hyperangulated angles past ninety degrees, non-channeled needs a stylet for support
Bougies slip through cords when the view is grade three, feel the tracheal rings beneath your fingers click
Stylets shape the tube but pull before the cuff, malleable memory, withdraw it quick

[Chorus]
Mac in the vallecula, Miller lifts the flap
Video bends around what direct cannot unwrap
Bougie, stylet, cuff and tube, supraglottic sealed
Every airway tool has its own battlefield
Grade your view, choose your blade, know what's in the kit
LEMONS tells you when the difficult airway fits

[Verse 2]
Cuffed tubes seal the airway, high-volume low-pressure rides against aspiration
Double-lumen left or right, bronchial blocker too, surgical lung isolation
RAE curves nasal or oral, keeps the circuit away from the surgical drape
Armored tubes resist kinking when the head is flexed, flexometallic won't reshape
Laser-resistant wrapping guards against ignition, Merocel and foil, the triad of fire
Tube size, cuff position, check the bilateral breath sounds a little higher

[Chorus]
Mac in the vallecula, Miller lifts the flap
Video bends around what direct cannot unwrap
Bougie, stylet, cuff and tube, supraglottic sealed
Every airway tool has its own battlefield
Grade your view, choose your blade, know what's in the kit
LEMONS tells you when the difficult airway fits

[Verse 3]
First-generation LMA seals around the glottis, no gastric port, no drain tube at the back
Second-generation ProSeal, i-gel, Supreme, gastric channel lets the stomach decompress slack
Supraglottic bridges cannot to can-intubate, Aintree catheter threads the fiberscope inside
Fiberoptic nasal or oral awake approach, topicalize and sedate, let the scope glide
Rigid bronchoscopes for foreign body, massive bleed, jet ventilation through the Sander's injector
Cricothyrotomy kits, surgical or Seldinger-wire, scalpel-finger-bougie the preferred vector

[Bridge]
Bag-valve-mask seals with a CE grip, two hands better than one thumbs down
Oral airway follows the curve of the palate, nasal airway bevel toward the septum crown
High-flow nasal oxygen, sixty liters apneic, buys you minutes when saturation dips
HFNO warms and humidifies the column, continuous positive pressure through the nares and the lips

[Chorus]
Mac in the vallecula, Miller lifts the flap
Video bends around what direct cannot unwrap
Bougie, stylet, cuff and tube, supraglottic sealed
Every airway tool has its own battlefield
Grade your view, choose your blade, know what's in the kit
LEMONS tells you when the difficult airway fits

[Outro]
Mask to cric, every rung on the ladder matters
Know your tools before the oxygen scatters

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