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Letter
Adult difficult airway equipment in the emergency department
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- audit
- emergency department
- emergency care systems
- emergency departments
- emergency department management
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The Fourth National Audit Project by the Royal College of Anaesthetists revealed a significant number of major airway events in the emergency department (ED), a third of which resulted in death or severe neurological damage.1 This was due to repeated inadequacies in care including the planning and provision of airway equipment. The Royal College of Anaesthetists recommends that difficult airway equipment immediately available …
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