Airway management in the air medical setting

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 140-148

  Brown, Lawrence H ^a   Hubble, Michael W ^b   Wilfong, Denise A ^b   Hertelendy, Attila ^c,d   Benner, Randall W ^e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; DRUG FACILITATED INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHEOTOMY;

AIR AMBULANCES; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 79955686382     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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