Should EMS-paramedics perform paediatric tracheal intubation in the field?

Resuscitation

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-229

  Gerritse, Bastiaan M ^a   Draaisma, Jos M Th ^b   Schalkwijk, Annelies ^b   van Grunsven, Pierre M ^c   Scheffer, Gert Jan ^b  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Airway management; Child; Emergency medical services; Intubation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AIR AMBULANCES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 54049115443     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.05.016     Document Type: Article

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