Percutaneous transtracheal needle insufflation: A useful emergency airway adjunct simply constructed from common items found on your anesthesia cart

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1178-1180

  Gallagher, Thomas Q ^a   Setlur, Jennifer ^b   Maturo, Stephen ^c   Hartnick, Christopher J ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency airway; needle insufflation; pediatric airway; Transtracheal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CRICOID; DEVICE THERAPY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; NECK; OPERATING ROOM; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSTRACHEAL NEEDLE INSUFFLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; NEEDLES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84859888906     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23236     Document Type: Article

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