How Would Minimum Experience Standards Affect the Distribution of Out-of-Hospital Endotracheal Intubations?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-252

  Wang, Henry E ^a   Abo, Benjamin N ^a   Lave, Judith R ^b   Yealy, Donald M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PENNSYLVANIA;

EID: 34547857051     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.04.023     Document Type: Article

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