Fat necks: Modification of a standard surgical airway protocol in the pre-hospital environment

Resuscitation

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-254

  Morris, Andrew ^a   Lockey, David ^a   Coats, Timothy ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway; Prehospital; Surgical wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BOUGIE; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INCISION; INJURY; MALE; NECK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOTOMY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NECK; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; THYROID CARTILAGE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0031457059     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(97)00071-3     Document Type: Article

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