Acute airway management in the emergency department by non-anesthesiologists

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-180

  Kovacs, George ^a,b   Law, J Adam ^a   Ross, John ^a   Tallon, John ^a   MacQuarrie, Kirk ^a   Petrie, Dave ^a   Campbell, Sam ^a   Soder, Chris ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLICATION; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK;

EID: 1842869463     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018780     Document Type: Review

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