Comparison of 3 airway access techniques during suspected spine injury management in American football

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-97

  Toler, Julianne D ^a,b   Petschauer, Meredith A ^a   Mihalik, Jason P ^a,b   Oyama, Sakiko ^a,b   Doug Halverson, S ^b   Guskiewicz, Kevin M ^a,b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway access; Cervical spine injury; Facemask removal; Football equipment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC TRAINER; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORDLESS SCREWDRIVER; EMERGENCY; FACE MASK; FOOTBALL; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELMET; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CLEARANCE; POCKET MASK INSERTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUICK RELEASE MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESPIRATORY CARE; STUDENT;

ADULT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FOOTBALL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MASKS; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPINAL INJURIES; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 77949390330     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181d2de5f     Document Type: Article

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