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How Should This Emergency Intubation Scenario Be Handled? Find Out
Published on Wed Jun 07, 2023
Question: The anesthesiologist was called to the waiting room, located directly outside of the operating room (OR) area, to assist a Medicare patient with acute respiratory distress. When the nurse called, the doctor was overseeing two OR rooms with CRNAs — the first case was a Medicare patient, and the second case was a commercial insurance patient. The situation may be [...]