Environmental factors encountered during out-of-hospital intubation attempts

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 286-289

  Garza, Alex G ^a,e   Gratton, Matthew C ^b,c   McElroy, James ^b   Lindholm, Daniel ^b   Coontz, Darryl ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Emergency Medical Services Section   (United States)

^c TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Environmental factors; Intubation; Paramedics; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; ENVIRONMENT; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIGHTING; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46349099112     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802100480     Document Type: Article

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