Safety and feasibility of the laryngeal tube when used by EMTs during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1050-1055

  Roth, Dominik ^a   Hafner, Christina ^a   Aufmesser, Werner ^b   Hudabiunigg, Kurt ^b   Wutti, Christian ^b   Herkner, Harald ^a   Schreiber, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Laboratory for Molecular Biology   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL TUBE; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL EMERGENCY VENTILATOR; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SURVIVAL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRIA; DEVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INJURIES; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LARYNX; MASK; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROCEDURES; RESUSCITATION; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LARYNX; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84932199012     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.04.048     Document Type: Article

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