Suitability of a preserved human cadaver model for the simulation of facemask ventilation, direct laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation: A laboratory investigation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 417-422

  Szucs, Z ^a   Laszlo C J ^d   Baksa, G ^c   Laszlo I ^d   Varga, M ^b   Szuak A ^b   Nemeskeri A ^b   Tassonyi, E ^d  

^a Péterfy Street Hospital and Trauma Centre ^*  (Hungary)

^b Clinical Anatomy Research Laboratory   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

airway management; education medical; patient simulation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MASK; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MASKS;

EID: 84960369658     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev546     Document Type: Article

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