Airflow efficacy of ballpoint pen tubes: A consideration for use in bystander cricothyrotomy

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 317-320

  Owens, David ^a   Greenwood, Ben ^a   Galley, Alistair ^a   Tomkinson, Alun ^b   Woolley, Sarah ^c  

^a PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BALLPOINT PEN TUBE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FLOW RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOTOMY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950826428     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.069294     Document Type: Article

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