Are you ready for difficult airways?
Patients with difficult airways are rarely encountered, so these skills need to be practiced, and you must have the right equipment available. Difficult airways courses are helpful. Fiberoptic intubations are rare, so ED physicians should use fibroscopes rountinely for other procedures. Use stainless steel laryngoscopes with fiberoptic light.
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