A physician's personal experience as a neck breather needing emergency care

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-234

  Brook, Itzhak ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGECTOMY; LETTER; OXYGEN MASK; PATIENT CARE; PHARYNX CANCER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 78751667539     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.07.022     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. A booklet that summarizes the rescue breathing of laryngectomees and other neck breathers can be obtained at http://www.larynxlink.com/ial/Pubs/ RESCUEB1.PDF.
2. A slide presentation about the emergency care of neck breather can be downloaded from http://dribrook.blogspot.com/ or can be obtained by contacting the author at ib6@georgetown.edu.
3. Dr Brook is the author of "My voice-a physician's personal experience with throat cancer" (https://www.createspace.com/900004368).