What went right: Lessons for the intensivist from the crew of US Airways Flight 1549

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Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 910-917

  Eisen, Lewis A ^a,b   Savel, Richard H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DIGOXIN; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROXYZINE;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE CREW; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHECKLIST; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FACE MASK; GOOSE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NOTE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER; SIMULATION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR;

EID: 70049088515     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0377     Document Type: Note

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