Though I've intubated a few times during my residency it really doesn't count because, I was never alone. My backup with loads of experience was standing right next to me. We also had a videolaryngoscope and a fibreoptic bronchoscope just in case. But once I was out of Medschool, I was all alone, on my own. I got into my job right the next day of getting registered to the Medical Council (just bragging). My designation was "Emergency Care Physician" in an Emergency Care and Stabilization Centre in Chennai.Chennai as you may know is a large city with a huge population and hence a huge TRAFFIC. In case of any emergency, shifting the patient from the scene to a tertiary care centre costed the valuable 'golden hours' and mortality was pretty high. To overcome this, Govt came up with the idea of Emergency Care Centres scattered within the city,which would serve as stabilization centres and I started my career in one such centre. It was my second week of joining ...
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