A 12-month audit of laryngeal mask airway (LMA) use in a South Australian ambulance service

Resuscitation

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-224

  Hein, Cindy ^a,b   Owen, Harry ^b   Plummer, John ^b  

^a South Australia Ambulance Service   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway management; Ambulance; Laryngeal mask airway; Paramedic; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SERVICE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 54049129613     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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