Assessment of the speed and ease of insertion of three supraglottic airway devices by paramedics: A manikin study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 860-863

  Castle, Nick ^c,d   Owen, Robert ^a   Hann, Mark ^b   Naidoo, Raveen ^c   Reeves, David ^b  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^d FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DEVICE; LARYNGEAL MASK; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LINEAR MODELS; MANIKINS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78349266744     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.084343     Document Type: Article

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