Multidisciplinary guidelines for the management of tracheostomy and laryngectomy airway emergencies

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1025-1041

  McGrath, B A ^a   Bates, L ^b   Atkinson, D ^c   Moore, J A ^c  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b North Western Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^c Salford NHS University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING PATTERN; CANNULA; CAPNOGRAPHY; CATHETER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION AID; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICES; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FACE MASK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNGOSCOPE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGENATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESUSCITATION; SPEECH THERAPY; SUCTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL GLOVE; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 84864713012     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07217.x     Document Type: Article

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