RT Book, Section
A1 Launcelott, Gordon O.
A1 Johnson, Liane B.
A1 Wong, David T.
A1 Hung, Orlando R.
A2 Hung, Orlando R.
A2 Murphy, Michael F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146616941
T1 Cricothyrotomy
T2 Hung's Difficult and Failed Airway Management, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259640544
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146616941
RD 2024/04/24
AB In  1799,  as  George  Washington  lay  dying  of  life  threatening  upper  airway  obstruction,  one  of  his  physicians,  Elisha  Cullen  Dick,  argued  against  further  bloodletting  and  for  tracheotomy.  In  retrospect  this  was  the  only  life-saving  option  available.  It  was  not  attempted  and  the  President  succumbed.1