Use of pulse oximetry during restraint episodes [1]

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1313-1314

  Masters, Kim James ^a   Wandless, Deborah ^b  

^a Psychiatry Department   (United States)

^b New Hope Treatment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASPHYXIA; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INJURY SCALE; LETTER; MEDICAL STAFF; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 26044433353     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.10.1313     Document Type: Letter

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3. Sentinel Alert 8. Oakbrook Terrace, Ill, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, 1998
4. Reeves RR, Ladner ME: Screening for decreased oxygen saturation during medical evaluations. Psychiatric Sendees 56:108-109, 2005
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