Difficult airway equipment in departments of emergency medicine in Ireland: Results of a national survey

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-131

  Walsh, Ken ^a   Cummins, F ^b  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Emergency treatment, resuscitation; Intubation, intratracheal, laryngeal masks; Respiration, artificial

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTUBATION; IRELAND; LARYNGEAL MASK; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; IRELAND; LARYNGEAL MASKS;

EID: 0842305866     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026502150400208X     Document Type: Article

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