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Comparison of the Airtraq(® )and Truview(® )laryngoscopes to the Macintosh laryngoscope for use by Advanced Paramedics in easy and simulated difficult intubation in manikins

BACKGROUND: Paramedics are frequently required to perform tracheal intubation, a potentially life-saving manoeuvre in severely ill patients, in the prehospital setting. However, direct laryngoscopy is often more difficult in this environment, and failed tracheal intubation constitutes an important c...

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Autores principales: Nasim, Sajid, Maharaj, Chrisen H, Butt, Ihsan, Malik, Muhammad A, O' Donnell, John, Higgins, Brendan D, Harte, Brian H, Laffey, John G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19216776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-9-2