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ED Airway Control —When Two Lives Are At Stake!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

In rural Critical Access Hospitals, or austere conditions, you may be all that is available. The weight of the fetus upon the aorta and IVC, especially when supine, embarrasses return circulation, contributes to shock, and O 2 delivery to the fetus may be sluggish. Annals of emergency medicine, 59(3), 165-175. [