The intubator’s creed

March 25, 2012 by  
Filed under All Updates, Inspiration

Flying doctor and airway fanatic Minh Le Cong sent me this poem. It’s based on the Rifleman’s creed of the United States Marine Corps.

It reminded me a bit of my wedding in 2005, when my pre-hospital colleagues surprised us with a guard of honour, holding up laryngoscopes, Magill’s forceps, tracheal tubes, and other airway paraphernalia.

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