Out-of-hospital airway management by paramedics and emergency physicians using laryngeal tubes

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-326

  Schalk, Richard ^a   Byhahn, Christian ^a   Fausel, Felix ^a   Egner, Andreas ^b   Oberndörfer, Dieter ^c   Walcher, Felix ^a   Latasch, Leo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b District of Hochtaunuskreis ^*  (Germany)

^c Municipality of Frankfurt   (Germany)

^d Municipality of Frankfurt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway management; Emergency medicine; Laryngeal tube

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISPOSABLE LARYNX TUBE; DISPOSABLE LARYNX TUBE SUCTION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTUBATION; LARYNX; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION; LARYNX; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951917486     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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