How much do primary care givers know about tracheostomy and home ventilator emergency care?

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 270-274

  Kun, Sheila S ^a   Davidson Ward, Sally L ^a   Hulse, Linda M ^a   Keens, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Home mechanical ventilation; Knowledge of primary caregivers; Tracheostomy emergency care; Ventilator emergency care

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAREGIVER; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NURSE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUCTION; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NURSES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 77449133411     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21169     Document Type: Article

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