How do paramedics manage the airway during out of hospital cardiac arrest?

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1662-1666

  Voss, Sarah ^a   Rhys, Megan ^b   Coates, David ^c   Greenwood, Rosemary ^d   Nolan, Jerry P ^e   Thomas, Matthew ^f   Benger, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c GP out of Hours Service   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway management; Heart arrest; Intubation, endotracheal; Laryngeal masks

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; DEFIBRILLATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84919457855     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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