Supraglottic airways: The history and current state of prehospital airway adjuncts

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 106-115

  Ostermayer, Daniel G ^a   Gausche Hill, Marianne ^a,b,c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Extraglottic; Paramedics; Prehospital; Supraglottic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLOTTIS; HISTORY; HUMAN; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLOTTIS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL;

EID: 84890494161     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2013.825351     Document Type: Article

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