Airway Adjuncts

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1015-1027

  Marco, Catherine A ^a   Marco, Alan P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Emergency airway management

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; DEVICE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LARYNGOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 57049108790     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2008.07.005     Document Type: Review

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