Practical advance in obtaining an emergency airway via cricothyroidotomy

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 504-506

  Huber, William G ^a,b   Dahman, Marc H ^a,c   Thomas, Deanna ^a,d   Lipschutz, Joshua H ^a,e,f  

^a C Company   (Iraq)

^b Overland Park Regional Trauma Center   (United States)

^c ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Thomas Family Dentistry   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG VENTILATION DISTRIBUTION; OPERATING ROOM; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 34248546107     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.5.504     Document Type: Article

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