Variation in the type, rate, and selection of patients for out-of-hospital airway procedures among injured children and adults

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1269-1276

  Newgard, Craig D ^a   Koprowicz, Kent ^b   Wang, Henry ^d   Monnig, Aaron ^a   Kerby, Jeffrey D ^e   Sears, Gena K ^b   Davis, Daniel P ^f   Bulger, Eileen ^c   Stephens, Shannon W ^d   Daya, Mohamud R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

^e Kentucky   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Emergency medical services; Epidemiology; Intubation; Out of hospital; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRACHEOTOMY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 71549167339     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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