Cabin configuration and prolonged oral endotracheal intubation in the AS365N2 Dauphin EMS helicopter

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 65-68

  Thomas, Stephen H ^a,b   Farkas, Andrew ^a   Wedel, Suzanne K ^a,c  

^a Boston MedFlight   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air transport; Airway; AS365N2; BK 117; Intubation

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY NURSING; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AIR AMBULANCES; AIRCRAFT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030117418     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(96)90003-6     Document Type: Article

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