Randomized comparison of the SLIPA (Streamlined Liner of the Pharynx Airway) and the SS-LM (Soft Seal Laryngeal Mask) by medical students

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 478-483

  Hein, Cindy ^a,b   Owen, Harry ^a   Plummer, John ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b South Australia Ambulance Service   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway management; Anaesthesia; Basic airway management; Paramedic; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING APPARATUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33750516322     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00894.x     Document Type: Article

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