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Chapter 6 - Airway Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2020

By
Michael J. Murray
Edited by
Joseph McIsaac
Edited in association with
Kelly McQueen  and
Corry Kucik
Joseph McIsaac
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
Kelly McQueen
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Corry Kucik
Affiliation:
United States Navy
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Summary

There is a great deal of information about the management of the airway during many different scenarios, but very little of that information addresses the management of the airway during a mass casualty event following a disaster.

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Essentials of Disaster Anesthesia , pp. 48 - 54
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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