Paramedic tracheal intubation using the intubating laryngeal mask airway

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-34

  McCall, Michael J ^e   Reeves, Mark ^a,b   Skinner, Marcus ^a,b   Ginifer, Corinne ^a,b   Myles, Paul ^c,d   Dalwood, Noel ^e  

^a North West Regional Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Emergency medical service; Intratracheal intubation; Intubation; Laryngeal masks; Prehospital emergency care

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; RESPIRATORY ARREST; TRAINING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TASMANIA;

EID: 38149116939     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701709803     Document Type: Article

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