Use of the intubating laryngeal mask airway by medical and nonmedical personnel

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 12-16

  Levitan, Richard M ^a   Ochroch, E Andrew ^a   Stuart, Sarah ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MODEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 0033983618     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(00)90040-8     Document Type: Article

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