An easy cricothyrotomy approach: The rapid four-step technique

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1060-1063

  Brofeldt, Bo Tomas ^a   Panacek, Edward A ^a   Richards, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

airway; cricothyrotomy; medical education; procedure; technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRICOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 0029807589     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03355.x     Document Type: Article

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