Promoting Best Practice in the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers

ISBN-10
095777964X
ISBN-13
9780957779648
Category
Artificial respiration
Pages
118
Language
English
Published
2000
Authors
Alan Pearson, Lorraine Thompson

Description

Suctioning adults with an artifical airway.

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