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A I R W A Y
M A N A G E M E N T
Airways
Manage
the
Ambulatory Way
The factors that affect respiration can assist
Rosalind Ritchie, MD | Lexington, Ky.
in recovery.
Y
our anesthesia providers should tailor their anesthesia and
airway selections for nearly every procedure to ensure
patients are breathing spontaneously soon after surgery
ends. Here's a review of basic airway management strategies that
you and your providers should use to speed patients toward
uncomplicated discharges.
FIRST THINGS FIRST Anesthesia providers must
focus on the safest and most effective airway strategies.
