Use of the endotracheal tube introducer as an adjunct for oral tracheal intubation in the prehospital setting

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-31

  Heegaard, William G ^a   Black, Cara ^b   Pasquerella, Cheryl ^c   Miner, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FACE INJURY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TIME;

EID: 0037224310     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(03)70023-6     Document Type: Article

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