Evolving role of video laryngoscopy for airway management in the emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 521-524

  Greenland, Keith B ^a,b   Brown, Anthony F T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHM; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIDEORECORDING;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY;

EID: 80054075912     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01487.x     Document Type: Editorial

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