Present-day prehospital airway management in the former Eastern German state of Thuringia: Equipment and education of emergency physicians

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-99

  Hüter, Lars ^a,d   Schreiber, Torsten ^a   Reichel, Jens ^a,b,c   Schwarzkopf, Konrad ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Working Group of Prehospital Emergency Physicians of Thuringia   (Germany)

^c Emergency Medical Service   (Germany)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway management; Education; Emergency medical services; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY CARE; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; PHYSICIANS; POSTAL SERVICE; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 67649891127     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32830a7577     Document Type: Article

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