Difficult airway trolleys for the critical care unit

Journal of the Intensive Care Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-103

  Jeanrenaud, Paul ^a   Girotra, Vandana ^a   Wharton, Tim ^a   Main, Norman ^a   Konuralp, Rifat ^a   Dempsey, Ged ^b  

^a ST HELENS AND KNOWSLEY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Difficult airway; Trolley

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BOUGIE; CAPNOGRAPHY; DIFFICULT AIRWAY TROLLEY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FACE MASK; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGOSCOPE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; STANDARD;

EID: 77953885653     PISSN: 17511437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/175114371001100205     Document Type: Article

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