Limited Opportunities for Paramedic Student Endotracheal Intubation Training in the Operating Room

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1051-1055

  Johnston, Bradford D ^a   Seitz, S Robert ^a   Wang, Henry E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

allied health personnel; emergency medical services; intubation (intratracheal); learning; paramedic

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; OPERATING ROOM TECHNICIANS;

EID: 33748927160     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.06.031     Document Type: Article

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