Emergency intubation: A prospective multicentre descriptive audit in an Australian helicopter emergency medical service

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-69

  Gunning, Matt ^a   O'Loughlin, E ^a   Fletcher, M ^a   Crilly, J ^b   Hooper, M ^a   Ellis, D Y ^a  

^a CareFlight Group Queensland CareFlight Medical Services   (Australia)

^b GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

AIR AMBULANCES; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58249133308     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.059345     Document Type: Article

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