Use of an emergency sedation protocol to assist intubation in helicopter patient retrieval in Victoria

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 84-89

  Sams, James ^a   Kelly, Anne Maree ^b  

^a Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Emergency sedation intubation; Morphine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012184615     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.1999.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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