The intubating laryngeal-mask airway may be an ideal device for airway control in the rural trauma patient

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-85

  Young, Barb ^a,b  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intubating laryngeal mask airway; Rural environment; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; DEVICE; EDEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIGLOTTIS; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS TUBE; FACE INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; INTUBATING LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX INJURY; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RURAL AREA; TOOTH INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0037262787     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2003.50012     Document Type: Article

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