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Chapter 11 - Emergency airway management in special circumstances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2015

Edited by
Andrew Burtenshaw ,
Jonathan Benger  and
Jerry Nolan
Andrew Burtenshaw
Affiliation:
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Jonathan Benger
Affiliation:
University of the West of England, Bristol
Jerry Nolan
Affiliation:
Royal United Hospital, Bath
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Emergency Airway Management , pp. 121 - 163
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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