What happens to Spo2 during air medical crew intubations?

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 363-368

  Tiamfook Morgan, Tami O ^a,d   Harrison, Tim H ^b   Thomas, Stephen H ^c  

^a Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency   (United States)

^b Boston MedFlight   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air transport; EMS; Prehospital; SpO2 monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AIRWAY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FLIGHT NURSING; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; MONITORING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; BOSTON; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 33745698434     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120600725835     Document Type: Conference Paper

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