A meta-analysis of prehospital airway control techniques part ii: Alternative airway devices and cricothyrotomy success rates

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 515-530

  Hubble, Michael W ^a   Wilfong, Denise A ^a   Brown, Lawrence H ^b   Hertelendy, Attila ^c   Benner, Randall W ^d  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Alternative airway devices; Cricothyrotomy; EMS; Paramedic; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CRICOID; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LARYNX CARTILAGE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); THYROID CARTILAGE; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 77956388745     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.497903     Document Type: Article

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