Comparison of the manoeuvrability and ease of use of the Ambu aScope and Olympus re-usable fibrescope in a manikin

Anaesthesia

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 689-693

  Vijayakumar, M ^a   Clarke, A ^b   Wilkes, A R ^c   Goodwin, N ^a   Hodzovic, I ^b  

^a CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MANIKINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960358599     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06761.x     Document Type: Article

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