Prehospital Management of the Difficult Airway: A Prospective Cohort Study

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-265

  Warner, Keir J ^a   Sharar, Sam R ^a   Copass, Michael K ^a   Bulger, Eileen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Difficult Airway; Intubation; Neuromuscular Blocking Agents; Prehospital; Surgical Airway

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TRACHEOTOMY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 62749124174     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.10.058     Document Type: Article

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