Efficacy of prehospital surgical cricothyrotomy in trauma patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 832-838

  Fortune, John B ^a,b   Judkins, Daniel G ^a   Scanzaroli, Diane ^a   McLeod, Kathy B ^a   Johnson, Steven B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGITATION; BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRICOID; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030911206     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199705000-00013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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