Comparison of intubation skills between interfacility transport team members

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-8

  Adams, Kathleen ^a,b   Scott, Randy ^a   Perkin, Ronald M ^a   Langga, Leo ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interfacility transport; Intubation; Respiratory care practitioners

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; RESIDENT; SKILL; TRAINING;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0033977007     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200002000-00002     Document Type: Article

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