Distance impacts mortality in trauma patients with an intubation attempt

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 459-466

  Cudnik, Michael T ^a,d   Newgard, Craig D ^b   Wang, Henry ^c   Bangs, Christopher ^b   Herrington IV, Robert ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d 146 Means Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Distance; Emergency medical services; Intubation; Outcome; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OREGON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRAVEL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049109978     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802290745     Document Type: Article

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