Improving documentation of endotracheal intubation in an adult emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 488-493

  Winton, James ^b   Celenza, Antonio ^a,b,c   Jackson, Trevor ^b,c  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Documentation; Education; Emergency department; Endotracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MEDICAL RECORDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 58149306094     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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