Performance of emergency physicians utilizing a video-assisted semi-rigid fiberoptic stylet for intubation of a difficult airway in a high-fidelity simulated patient: A pilot study

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cooney, Derek R ^a   Cooney, Norma L ^a   Wallus, Harry ^a   Wojcik, Susan ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Clarus video system; Difficult; Emergency; Fiberoptic; Laryngoscopy; Levitan; Optical; Shikani; Stylet; StyletScope; Video

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE STYLET; FEMALE; HAWTHORNE EFFECT; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISMUS; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84888277664     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-5-24     Document Type: Article

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