Endotracheal tube placement by EMT-basics in a rural EMS system

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-175

  Pratt, Jeffrey C ^a,c   Hirshberg, Alan J ^b  

^a Tisbury Ambulance Service   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Tisbury Ambulance   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical technicians; Endotracheal intubation; Respiratory arrest; Rural; Training

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY WARD; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MONITORING; MOTIVATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RURAL AREA; TRACHEA; TRAINING; VOCAL CORD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 26044455519     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590924564     Document Type: Article

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