Does the use of a specialised paediatric retrieval service result in the loss of vital stabilisation skills among referring hospital staff?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 851-854

  Ramnarayan, P ^a   Britto, J ^a   Tanna, A ^a   Thomas, D ^a   Alexander, S ^a   Habibi, P ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VEIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TIME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALISM;

EID: 0141748274     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.10.851     Document Type: Article

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