Pre-hospital airway management: the data grows rapidly but controversy remains.

Resuscitation

Department of Research and Development, The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Holterveien 24, P.O. Box 94, N-1441 Drøbak, Norway; Field of Pre-hospital Critical Care, Network for Medical Sciences, University of Stavanger, Kjell Arholmsgate 41, Stavanger 4036, Norway.

Published: July 2014

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