I-gel insertion by novices in manikins and patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 991-995

  Wharton, N M ^a   Gibbison, B ^a   Gabbott, D A ^b   Haslam, G M ^b   Muchatuta, N ^a   Cook, T M ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; I GEL; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MANIKINS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49249111993     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05542.x     Document Type: Article

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