Tracheal intubation by inexperienced medical residents using the Airtraq and Macintosh laryngoscopes-a manikin study

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 769-774

  Maharaj, Chrisen H ^a,b   Ni Chonghaile, Martina ^a,b   Higgins, Brendan D ^b   Harte, Brian H ^a   Laffey, John G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG CLEARANCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH INJURY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MANIKINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750069488     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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