Airway management equipment and practice: time to optimise institutional, team, and personal preparedness.

Br J Anaesth

Department of Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, UK; Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. Electronic address:

Published: September 2020

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