Does position of the patient adversely affect successful intubation whilst wearing CBRN-PPE?

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1166-1171

  Castle, Nicholas ^a,b   Owen, Robert ^a,c   Clarke, Simon ^b   Hann, Mark ^d   Reeves, David ^d   Gurney, Ian ^b  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CBRN; Intubation; LMA

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LARYNGEAL MASK; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

APNEA; BIOHAZARD RELEASE; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MANIKINS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE;

EID: 77955843738     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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