Use of the Airtraq laryngoscope for emergency intubation in the prehospital setting: A randomized control trial

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 489-493

  Trimmel, Helmut ^a   Kreutziger, Janett ^b   Fertsak, Georg ^a   Fitzka, Robert ^a   Dittrich, Markus ^a   Voelckel, Wolfgang G ^c  

^a General Hospital   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c AUVA Trauma Center   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airtraq; airway management; emergency medical service; intubation; laryngoscopy; optical laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; DEVICE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; VOMITING;

EID: 79952120707     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318206b69b     Document Type: Article

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