Prehospital Rapid-sequence Intubation - What Does the Evidence Show?: Proceedings from the 2004 National Association of EMS Physicians Annual Meeting

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 366-377

  Wang, Henry E ^a   Davis, Daniel P ^a   Wayne, Marvin A ^a   Delbridge, Theodore ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION; SEDATION;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL;

EID: 4644282410     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prehos.2004.06.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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