Emergency airway management: What are the roles for surgical cricothyroidotomy and the Ventrain® device?

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 997-998

  Lang, Scott Allan ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY CREATION DEVICE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; JET VENTILATOR; LETTER; OXYGENATION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOTOMY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS;

EID: 84978096909     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-016-0669-z     Document Type: Letter

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