The effect of full protective gear on intubation performance by hospital medical personnel

Military Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 272-274

  Hendler, Israel ^a   Nahtomi, Orit ^a,b   Segal, Eran ^a,b   Perel, Azriel ^a,b   Wiener, Michael ^c   Meyerovitch, Joseph ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CONTAMINATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; INTUBATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034104187     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/165.4.272     Document Type: Article

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