Yankauer suction catheters with "safety" vent holes may impair safety in emergent airway management

Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Nov;35(11):1762-1763. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.04.009. Epub 2017 Apr 10.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Airway Management / instrumentation*
  • Airway Management / standards
  • Clinical Competence / standards*
  • Humans
  • Internship and Residency
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / instrumentation*
  • Laryngoscopy / instrumentation*
  • Simulation Training*
  • Suction / instrumentation
  • Task Performance and Analysis