A comparison of intubation success for paediatric transport team paramedics using lighted vs regular tracheal tube stylets

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-220

  Macnab, Andrew J ^a   Macphail, Iain ^b   Macnab, Magnus K ^a   Noble, Robert ^a   O'Flaherty, Debra ^c  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Paramedic Academy   (Canada)

^c Infant Transport Team   (Canada)

Author keywords

Paediatric transport; Stylet; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ILLUMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROLARYNGOSCOPY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSILLUMINATION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031801101     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1998.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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