Out-of-Hospital Surgical Airway Management: Does Scope of Practice Equal Actual Practice?

Introduction: Pennsylvania, among other states, includes surgical airway management, or cricothyrotomy, within the paramedic scope of practice. However, there is scant literature that evaluates paramedic perception of clinical competency in cricothyrotomy. The goal of this project is to assess clini...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Molly Furin, Melissa Kohn, Ryan Overberger, David Jaslow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2016-05-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5694r62q