Emergency cricothyroidotomy performed by inexperienced clinicians-surgical technique versus indicator-guided puncture technique

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 646-649

  Helm, Matthias ^a   Hossfeld, Björn ^a   Jost, Christian ^a   Lampl, Lorenz ^a   Böckers, Tobias ^b  

^a BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; INDICATOR GUIDED PUNCTURE TECHNIQUE; INEXPERIENCED CLINICIAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB EXPERIENCE; LARYNX INJURY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PERFORATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEOTOMY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AIRWAY; ANAESTHESIA; CRICOTHYROIDOTOMY; DIFFICULT AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EQUIPMENT EVALUATION; MANAGEMENT; PUNCTURE TECHNIQUE; STANDARD SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL AIRWAY; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MILITARY MEDICINE; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 84880700490     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201493     Document Type: Article

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