How much force is required to dislodge an alternate airway?

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-35

  Carlson, Jestin N ^a   Mayrose, James ^b   Wang, Henry E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Dislodgment; Force; Intratracheal; Intubation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CADAVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGEAL TRACHEAL COMBITUBE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FORCE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KING LARYNGEAL TUBE DISPOSABLE AIRWAY; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NECK;

CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 71449095422     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903120903349879     Document Type: Article

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