Introduction and use of the ProSeal laryngeal mask airway as a rescue device in a pre-hospital trauma anaesthesia algorithm.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.09.013.
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Abstract
We report the successful use of the Proseal laryngeal mask airway as a rescue device in three pre-hospital cases where tracheal intubation after induction of anaesthesia had failed. The ProSeal LMA allowed ventilation and oxygenation of all three patients under difficult circumstances.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthesia, General
- Emergency Medical Services
- Laryngeal Masks
- Respiration, Artificial