Prehospital emergency endotracheal intubation using the Bonfils intubation fiberscope

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-46

  Byhahn, Christian ^a   Meininger, Dirk ^a   Walcher, Felix ^a   Hofstetter, Christian ^a   Zwissler, Bernhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway; Difficult; Endotracheal intubation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 33846025809     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000195680.08533.57     Document Type: Article

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