A proposed framework for deciding suitable extraglottic airway devices (EAD) for paramedics to use

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 914-

  Hein, Cindy ^a,b   Owen, Harry ^b   Plummer, John ^b  

^a South Australia Ambulance Service   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EMERGENCY CARE; LARYNGEAL MASK; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DEVICE SAFETY; DEVICES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIGLOTTIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; MALE; PROCEDURES;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPIGLOTTIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE;

EID: 77953696687     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.03.010     Document Type: Letter

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