Can experienced paramedics perform tracheal intubation at cardiac arrests? Five years experience of a regional air ambulance service in the UK

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1342-1345

  Fullerton, James N ^a   Roberts, Keith J ^a,b   Wyse, Matthew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway management; Helicopter emergency medical services; Intubation; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Paramedic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449729434     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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