Airway management by paramedics using endotracheal intubation with a laryngoscope versus the oesophageal tracheal Combitube™ and EasyTube™ on manikins: A randomised experimental trial

Resuscitation

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-111

  Bollig, Georg ^a,b   Løvhaug, Sigurd Waage ^a   Sagen, Øystein ^a   Svendsen, Martin Veel ^a   Steen, Petter Andreas ^c   Wik, Lars ^d  

^a TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Bergen Red Cross Nursing Home   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Airway management; Combitube; Intubation; Paramedic; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARYNGOSCOPE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; MANIKINS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33748300539     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

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