Paramedic use of endotracheal tube introducers for the difficult airway

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-158

  Le, D H ^a   Reed, D B ^a   Weinstein, G ^a   Gregory, M ^a   Brown, L H ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Emergency medical services; Emergency treatment; Endotracheal intubation; Introducers; Intubation, intratracheal; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INTUBATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; TRAINING;

EID: 0035045381     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120190940038     Document Type: Article

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