TY - JOUR T1 - Adult difficult airway equipment in the emergency department JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 997 LP - 997 DO - 10.1136/emermed-2011-200418 VL - 28 IS - 11 AU - Wei Shyan Siow AU - Dominic Sacco Y1 - 2011/11/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/28/11/997.2.abstract N2 - 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 … ER -