The LEMON mnemonic for predicting the difficult emergency airway
The LEMON mnemonic for predicting the difficult emergency airway
Look externally
Evaluate 3-3-2
Mallampati
Obstruction/Obesity
Neck mobility
Adapted from: Brown III CA, Walls RM. Identification of the difficult and failed airway. In: The Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management, 5th ed, Brown III CA, Sakles JC, Mick NW (Eds), Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia 2018.