King LT-D use by urban basic life support first responders as the primary airway device for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1525-1528

  Gahan, Kelly ^a   Studnek, Jonathan R ^a   Vandeventer, Steven ^b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mecklenburg EMS Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Emergency Medical Services; Out of hospital cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80855147567     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.06.036     Document Type: Article

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