Paramedic perceptions of challenges in out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-223

  Thomas, Jane Boyce ^a   Abo, Benjamin N ^b   Wang, Henry E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Allied health personnel; Emergency medicine; Focus groups; Intubation; Perceptions; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OUTPATIENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA;

EID: 34047149404     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701205802     Document Type: Article

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