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Human and equipment resources for difficult airway management, airway education programs, and capnometry use in Japanese emergency departments: a nationwide cross-sectional study.

Yuko OnoKoichi TanigawaKazuaki ShinoharaTetsuhiro YanoKotaro SorimachiRyota InokuchiJiro Shimada
Published in: International journal of emergency medicine (2017)
In Japanese EDs, the rates of both the availability of SGAs and DAM carts and the use of routine capnometry to confirm tube placement were approximately 50%. These data demonstrate the lack of standard operating procedures for rescue ventilation and post-intubation care. Academic, tertiary, and high-volume EDs were likely to be well prepared for DAM.
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