Incidence of difficult airway situations during prehospital airway management by emergency physicians-A retrospective analysis of 692 consecutive patients

Resuscitation

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-45

  Thoeni, Nils ^a   Piegeler, Tobias ^a   Brueesch, Martin ^a   Sulser, Simon ^a   Haas, Thorsten ^b   Mueller, Stefan M ^c   Seifert, Burkhardt ^d   Spahn, Donat R ^a   Ruetzler, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Schutz und Rettung Ambulance Service   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emergency physician; Prehospital airway management; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFICULT AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL EMERGENCY VENTILATOR; MANUAL VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND; ADOLESCENT; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927732028     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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