Airway Obstruction in Children Aged Less Than 5 Years: The Prehospital Experience

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 196-199

  Vilke, Gary M ^a,b   Smith, Alan M ^a   Ray, Leslie Upledger ^a   Steen, Pamela J ^a   Murrin, Patricia A ^a   Chan, Theodore C ^b  

^a Med Div S Diego Co Sheriff Dept   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Choking; Obstructive; Pediatric paramedic; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

AGE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACK; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FINGER; FOOD; FRUIT JUICE; HEIMLICH MANEUVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544380297     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prehos.2003.12.014     Document Type: Article

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