Out-of-hospital airway management with the LMA CTrach™-A prospective evaluation

Resuscitation

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-218

  Nickel, Eike A ^a   Timmermann, Arnd ^a   Roessler, Markus ^a   Cremer, Stephan ^a   Russo, Sebastian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway; Airway management; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medical service; Intubation; Laryngeal mask airway; Out of hospital CPR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54049152332     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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