An evaluation of out-of-hospital advanced airway management in an urban setting

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 417-422

  Colwell, Christopher B ^a   McVaney, Kevin E ^a   Haukoos, Jason S ^a,b   Wiebe, David P ^a   Gravitz, Craig S ^a   Dunn, Will W ^a   Bryan, Tamara ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Endotracheal intubation; Prehospital care; Urban

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 17144411506     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.11.024     Document Type: Article

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