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Where there is no laryngoscope
Author(s) -
O'DONOHOE B. P.,
PAGE R. J. E.,
AWINI C.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb05666.x
Subject(s) - medicine , improvisation , procurement , limit (mathematics) , medical equipment , operations management , medical emergency , marketing , nursing , art , mathematical analysis , mathematics , economics , business , visual arts
Summary In hospitals of the developing world where financial constraints limit the procurement of even the most basic medical equipment, improvisation has become important and necessary. We describe a reliable, low‐cost, locally produced laryngoscope constructed out of wood.