Difficult Airway Management Algorithm in Emergency Medicine: Do Not Struggle against the Patient, Just Skip to Next Step

We report a case of prehospital “cannot intubate” and “cannot ventilate” scenarios successfully managed by strictly following a difficult airway management algorithm. Five airway devices were used: the Macintosh laryngoscope, the gum elastic Eschmann bougie, the LMA Fastrach, the Melker cricothyroto...

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Main Authors: Jérôme Sudrial, Caroline Birlouez, Anne-Laurette Guillerm, Jean-Luc Sebbah, Roland Amathieu, Gilles Dhonneur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Emergency Medicine International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/826231
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