Managing the difficult airway: A survey of residency directors and a call for change

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 473-478

  Reeder, Timothy J ^a   Brown, Charles K ^a   Norris, Donald L ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

airway adjuncts; difficult airways; education

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CADAVER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 17144401058     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.11.027     Document Type: Article

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