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NPs and CRNAs can intubate as well, as can paramedics. Not dumping on your post at all, just adding a few things on. Everything you're saying makes sense.
ETA realized not everyone speaks in hospital acronyms, I've just been slowly brainwashed by my wife. NP = nurse practitioner, and CRNAs are anesthetists.
No, thanks- that's good info, I wasn't sure. That makes the Korean approach (of having "ventilation dorms" for non-critical patients) even more sensible.