Comparison of use of the the airtraq with direct laryngoscopy by paramedics in the simulated airway

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-80

  Nowicki, Thomas A ^a   Suozzi, James C ^a   Dziedzic, Mark ^a   Kamin, Richard ^a   Donahue, Stephen ^c   Robinson, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airtraq; Airway; Intubation; Out of hospital; Paramedic; Prehospital; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MANIKINS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING;

EID: 61649126497     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802471881     Document Type: Article

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