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Scott Weingart, MD FCCM. EMCrit 260 – Thoughts on the NEJM Acute Upper Airway Obstruction Review. EMCrit Blog. Published on November 30, 2019. Accessed on January 16th 2022. Available at [https://emcrit.org/emcrit/upper-airway-obstruction/ ].
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I’m glad to see others had the same reaction I did. The myth of needing to urgently convert crics to trachs seems impossible to slay, among others.