Attempt XYZ: airway management at the opposite end of the alphabet

Anaesthesia

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 1464-1468

  Chrimes, N ^a   Marshall, S D ^b,c  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b PENINSULA HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

airway management; can't intubate can't oxygenate; clinical decision making; clinical protocols; emergencies; failed intubation

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACID ASPIRATION; AIRWAY; APNEA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; OXYGEN DESATURATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT HARM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL;

EID: 85050493532     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14361     Document Type: Editorial

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