Success rates and endotracheal tube insertion times of experienced emergency physicians using five video laryngoscopes: A randomised trial in a simulated trapped car accident victim

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 849-858

  Wetsch, Wolfgang A ^a   Carlitscheck, Martin ^a   Spelten, Oliver ^a   Teschendorf, Peter ^a,b   Hellmich, Martin ^c,d   Genzwürker, Harald V ^a   Hinkelbein, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Andreas Bannowsky Ltd   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d Neckar Odenwald Kliniken   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway management; Emergency medical service; Laryngoscopes; Laryngoscopy; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CUFF; DRIVER; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE; VIDEOENDOSCOPY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 84856434976     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32834c7c7f     Document Type: Article

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