Body piercing and airway management: Photo guide to tongue jewelry removal techniques

AANA Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-23

  DeBoer, Scott ^a,b,c   McNeil, Michelle ^b   Amundson, Troy ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Peds R Us Medical Education ^*

^c Association of Professional Piercers

^d Apocalypse Piercing

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Body piercing; Intubation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ASPIRATION; BLEEDING; BODY MODIFICATION; BODY PIERCING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INTUBATION; JEWELRY; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; BODY PIERCING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TONGUE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38949135278     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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