Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: airway management in adult trauma patients

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, Texas, USA.
² Deparment of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Denver Health, Denver, Colorado, USA.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
⁶ Department of Surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
⁷ Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
⁹ Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
¹¹ Department of Trauma Surgery, Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.

Carlos V R Brown et al. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 9;5(1):e000539.

doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000539. eCollection 2020.

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, Texas, USA.
² Deparment of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Denver Health, Denver, Colorado, USA.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
⁶ Department of Surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
⁷ Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
⁹ Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
¹¹ Department of Trauma Surgery, Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: airway management; algorithms; intubation.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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