AANA Journal Course: Update for nurse anesthetists - The SLAM Emergency Airway Flowchart: A new guide for advanced airway practitioners

AANA Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 431-439

  Rich, James M ^a,b   Mason, Andrew M ^a,c   Ramsay, Michael A E ^a,b  

^a Medical Center ^*

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Turret House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combitube; Emergency airway algorithm; Failed intubation; Laryngeal mask airway; Rescue ventilation

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ETOMIDATE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; LIDOCAINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OXYMETAZOLINE; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM;

AIRWAY; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; REVIEW; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 10344255714     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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