Video laryngoscopy is a valuable adjunct in emergency airway management but is not sufficient as an exclusive method of training residents

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 252-253

  Wilcox, Susan R ^a,b   Brown, David F M ^a   Elmer, Jonathan ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPY;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE;

EID: 84872536931     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.07.127     Document Type: Letter

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