Paramedic use of needle thoracostomy in the prehospital environment

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-168

  Warner, Keir J ^a   Copass, Michael K ^a   Bulger, Eileen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Needle thoracostomy; Paramedic; Prehospital; Tension pneumothorax; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; NEEDLE; OBESITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; VITAL SIGN;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVORS; THORACOSTOMY; WASHINGTON; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 41649093330     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120801907299     Document Type: Article

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