Linking To, Excerpting From, And Embedding MedMastery’s “Predicting a Difficult Intubation: The LEMON Airway Assessment | Advanced Airway Management”

Today, I review, link to, excerpt from, and embed MedMastery‘s “Predicting a Difficult Intubation: The LEMON Airway Assessment | Advanced Airway Management”.

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Predicting a Difficult Intubation: The LEMON Airway Assessment | Advanced Airway Management

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Jul 26, 2026 #DifficultAirway #AirwayManagement #Medmastery

Difficult intubation is easier to manage when you can see it coming. This lesson covers the LEMON airway assessment—look, evaluate 3-3-2, Mallampati score, obstruction/obesity, and neck mobility—so you can predict a difficult intubation before you reach for the laryngoscope. #DifficultAirway #AirwayManagement #Medmastery

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⏰ In this video

0:00 Why difficult intubation happens

1:01 The difficult airway management pathway

1:55 Introducing the LEMON airway assessment

2:22 Looking and evaluating 3-3-2

3:28 Correlating Mallampati score with Cormack-Lehane grade 4:22 Assessing obstruction, obesity, and neck mobility