title: Clearing the airway.
authors.affiliation: Inter-Canyon Fire/Rescue, Morrison, CO, USA. prioritymed@mindspring.com
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hatlestad
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D000075202:Contraindications; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D013396:Suction / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013997:Time Factors; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical