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Direct Endotracheal Salvage Catherization (DESC) Method: Orotracheal Intubation without Laryngoscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

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Abstract

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Type
Letter to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2009

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