A Single Ventilator for Multiple Simulated Patients to Meet Disaster Surge

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1352-1353

  Branson, Richard D ^a   Rubinson, Lewis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHEMICAL BURN; DISASTER; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; LETTER; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; MICROPROCESSOR; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OXYGENATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TIDAL VOLUME; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33751235559     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.10.002     Document Type: Letter

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