Emergency capnography monitoring: Comparing ergonomic design of intensive care unit ventilator interfaces and specific training of staff in reducing time to activation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 850-854

  Hodges, E ^a   Griffiths, A ^a   Richardson, J ^a   Blunt, M ^a   Young, P ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY CARE; ERGONOMICS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAFF TRAINING; SURVIVAL; VENTILATOR;

CAPNOGRAPHY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84863717488     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07161.x     Document Type: Article

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