The Airway App: exploring the role of smartphone technology to capture emergency front-of-neck airway experiences internationally

Anaesthesia

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 703-710

  Duggan, L V ^a   Lockhart, S L ^a   Cook, T M ^b   O'Sullivan, E P ^c   Dare, T ^d   Baker, P A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

airway assessment, co existing disease; CICO; difficult airway algorithm; emergency airway; failed intubation, treatment

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

AIRWAY; AIRWAY APP; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY FRONT OF NECK AIRWAY PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE INJURY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOREIGN BODY; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE APPLICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECK INJURY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMARTPHONE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CRICOID CARTILAGE; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NECK; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMARTPHONE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 85043490150     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14247     Document Type: Article

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