Feasibility and speed of insertion of seven supraglottic airway devices under simulated airway conditions

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 330-334

  Robak, Oliver ^a   Leonardelli, Marco ^a   Zedtwitz Liebenstein, Konstantin ^b   Rützler, Kurt ^a   Schuster, Ernst ^a   Vaida, Sonia ^c   Salem, Ramez ^d   Frass, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund   (Austria)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Manikin; Supraglottic airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SIMULATION; SPINE MOBILITY; STANDARD; TONGUE EDEMA; TRISMUS; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DEVICES; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLOTTIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869053722     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/8000.2012.120658     Document Type: Article

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