Comparative study of airway management techniques with restricted access to patient airway

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 330-336

  Hoyle Jr , John D ^a,b,d   Jones, Jeffrey S ^a   Deibel, Matthew ^a   Lock, David T ^a   Reischman, Diann ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^c GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Combitube; Emergency medical services; Endotracheal intubation; Laryngeal Mask Airway; Urban search and rescue

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MANIKINS; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 34447115147     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701205083     Document Type: Article

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