Cricothyroidotomy on the scene in a patient with severe facial trauma and difficult neck anatomy

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133.e1-133.e4

  Archan, Sylvia ^a   Gumpert, Rainer ^a   Kügler, Bernhard ^b   Seibert, Franz Josef ^a   Prause, Gerhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Sanatorium Hansa   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; AMBULANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHMOID SINUS; FACE INJURY; FRACTURE; FRONTAL SINUS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 56749133090     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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