Management of the difficult airway - An evaluation of alternative devices in the German emergency medical services;Das management des schwierigen atemweges - Umfrage zum bekanntheitsgrad alternativer atemwegshilfen in der präklinischen notfallmedizin in Deutschland

Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 438-447

  Weilbach, Christian ^a   Skorzik, J ^b   Ruschulte, H ^c   Callies, A ^d   Bund, M ^e   Piepenbrock, S ^c   Jaeger, K ^b,c  

^a ST JOSEFS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Krankenhaus St Joseph Stift Bremen   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d Notfallmedizin   (Germany)

^e Albert Schweitzer Krankenhaus Northeim   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway management; Combitube; Difficult airway; Laryngeal mask; Laryngeal tube

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXPERIENCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LUNG VENTILATION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 35648930866     PISSN: 01705334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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