Emergency front-of-neck airway: robust theatre multidisciplinary team training optimises performance and saves time

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2020, Pages e11-e13

  Groom, Peter ^a   Miller, Tamryn ^a   Miller, Tom ^a   Morton, Ben ^a  

^a Universidad de Liverpool   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway; cannot intubate cannot oxygenate; emergency front of neck access; simulation training

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIST; DO NOT INTUBATE ORDER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SIMULATION TRAINING; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; EMERGENCY; PATIENT CARE; SURGEON;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHETISTS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SURGEONS;

EID: 85076373378     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.10.004     Document Type: Letter

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