Cricoid pressure training: How useful are descriptions of force?

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 388-391

  Escott, M E A ^a   Owen, H ^a   Strahan, A D ^a   Plummer, J L ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cricoid pressure: airway, aspiration, sellick, regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; DATA ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NOSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RESUSCITATION; TRAINING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 0041420971     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0303100406     Document Type: Article

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