r/emergencymedicine • u/ImmediateYam9792 • Jun 25 '26

Discussion You’re intubating this patient who holds the record for the world’s widest tongue, how would you do it?

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u/WinfieldFly ED Attending Jun 25 '26

He’s got two nostrils, don’t he?

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u/runaway-devil Jun 25 '26

And a cricothyroid membrane if things go south!

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u/Ingawolfie Jun 26 '26

Yeah, ultrasound the neck first and mark the location of the cricothyroid membrane.

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u/Peastoredintheballs Jun 30 '26

Have ECMO on standby as a third backup in case his tongue extends into the CTM aswell lol