Evaluation of bag-valve-mask ventilation by paramedics in simulated chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear environments

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 398-401

  Schumacher, Jan ^a   Weidelt, Lena ^b   Gray, Stuart A ^c   Brinker, Andrea ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery   (Germany)

^c LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bag valve mask ventilation; hazardous substances

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASK; MASS DISASTER; METHODOLOGY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TERRORISM;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOTERRORISM; CHEMICAL TERRORISM; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FILTRATION; HUMANS; MANIKINS; MASKS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TERRORISM;

EID: 79952109856     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007214     Document Type: Article

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