Air Medical Journal
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 30-36 , January 2008

Fixed wing transport airway management utilizing a situational awareness paradigm

  • Kathleen Fedack, MD

      Affiliations

    • Anesthesiologist and Flight Physician, Kathleen Donelan Fedack, MD, PC, Evergreen, CO.
    • ,
  • John M. Fedack, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Colorado Permanente Medical Group, Denver, CO.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Kathleen Fedack, MD, PO Box 1932, Evergreen, CO 80437-1932.

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 Presented at the Air Medical Transport Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, September 25, 2006.

PII: S1067-991X(07)00072-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2007.04.002

Air Medical Journal
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 30-36 , January 2008

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