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Sequential Steps of Emergency Airway Control

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Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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The purpose of this paper is to present a synthesis of various effective emergency airway control (EAC) techniques in a sequence of steps that has evolved from studies since the 1950s (39, 50, 53, 54).

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, University Health Center of Pittsburgh, 15261, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Peter Safar M.D., Dr. hon. causa (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Chicago Lying-in Hospital, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    James O. Elam M.D. (Professor of Anesthesiology) (Professor of Anesthesiology)

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Safar, P. (1977). Sequential Steps of Emergency Airway Control. In: Safar, P., Elam, J.O. (eds) Advances in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6338-8_4

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