Unrecognized misplacement of endotracheal tubes in a mixed urban to rural emergency medical services setting

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 961-965

  Jemmett, Michael E ^b   Kendal, Kevin M ^a,b   Fourre, Mark W ^b   Burton, John H ^b  

^a CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Endotracheal; Intubation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0042836665     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/S1069-6563(03)00315-4     Document Type: Article

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