Sunset of bag-valve mask and rise of supra-glottic airway ventilation devices during basic life support

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1594-1595

  Paal, Peter ^a   Gruber, Elisabeth ^b   Beikircher, Werner ^b   Herff, Holger ^a   Brugger, Hermann ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b General Hospital Bruneck   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LETTER; LUNG INFLATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MANIKINS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78149367353     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.11.030     Document Type: Letter

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