Cricothyroidotomy bottom-up training review: Battlefield lessons learned

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1311-1319

  Bennett, Brad L ^a   Cailteux Zevallos, Barbara ^a   Kotora, Joseph ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LARYNX MUSCLE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NECK; RESCUE PERSONNEL; THORAX SURGERY; WAR;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MILITARY MEDICINE; NECK; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WAR;

EID: 80355137300     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00054     Document Type: Review

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