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Archive > October, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 10

Clearing the Way

How managers can help resolve difficult airway management cases.

David Bernard, Senior Associate Editor

According to experts, only one out of every 2,200 surgical patients presents a difficult airway or airway failure situation during induction. The ironclad clinical maxim of preparing for the worst-case scenario in all cases holds true, however, and every anesthesia provider is familiar with the instruments needed to rescue a patient. ("How to Manage A Difficult Airway" in August's Manager's Guide to Ambulatory Anesthesia provides a review.)

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