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. 2025 Jun;167(6):1684-1686.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.01.015. Epub 2025 Jan 24.

Prehospital Cricothyrotomy for Emergency Airway Management

Aditya C Shekhar  1 , Michael McCartin  2 , Timothy Friedmann  3 , Graham Sabo  4 , Jacob Stebel  4 , Joshua Kimbrell  5 , Bojana Milekic  6 , Ethan Abbott  3 , Ira J Blumen  2
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Prehospital Cricothyrotomy for Emergency Airway Management

Aditya C Shekhar et al. Chest. 2025 Jun.
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