Highlights
- •“Can’t oxygenate” is a rare obstetric airway complication.
- •Surgical cricothyroidotomy is also a rare obstetric airway intervention.
- •Enabling factors ensure adequate preparation to undertake an emergency task.
- •Enabling factors ensure the ability to implement and execute an emergency task.
Abstract
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