Prehospital airway management: A prospective case study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-31

  Wilbers, Noël E R ^a,b   Hamaekers, Ankie E W ^a   Jansen, Jochen ^a   Wijering, Selva C ^b   Thomas, Oliver ^c   Wilbers Van Rens, Riky ^b   Van Zundert, André A J ^d,e,f  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Noord Limburg Public Health Services   (Netherlands)

^c VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; Emergency medical service; Endotracheal intubation; Out of hospital; Prehospital airway management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CASE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79957565412     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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