Using the human patient simulator to test the efficacy of an experimental emergency percutaneous transtracheal airway

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 544-551

  Sanders, Joe ^a   Haas, Richard E ^a   Geisler, Michael ^a   Lupien, Alfred E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CRICOTHYROIDECTOMY; EMERGENCY AIRWAY DEVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0031875156     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.8.544     Document Type: Article

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