Comparison of prehospital insertion success rates and time to insertion between standard endotracheal intubation and a supraglottic airway

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1529-1536

  Frascone, Ralph J ^a   Russi, Christopher ^b   Lick, Charles ^c   Conterato, Marc ^d   Wewerka, Sandi S ^a   Griffith, Kent R ^a   Myers, Lucas ^b   Conners, Jennifer ^c   Salzman, Joshua G ^a  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Allina Medical Transport   (United States)

^d North Memorial Ambulance Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Endotracheal intubation; King LTS D; Paramedic; Supraglottic airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SUPRAGLOTTC AIRWAY DEVICE; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTUBATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNX; MALE; MANIKINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80855147604     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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