Advanced medical life support procedures in vitally compromised children by a helicopter emergency medical service

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gerritse, Bastiaan M ^a   Schalkwijk, Annelies ^b   Pelzer, Ben J ^b   Scheffer, Gert J ^b   Draaisma, Jos M ^b  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALFENTANIL; AMIODARONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOBUTAMINE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; HYPNOTIC AGENT; KETAMINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MANNITOL; MIDAZOLAM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INTRAOSSEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; AMBULANCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AIR AMBULANCES; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AMBULANCES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 77951146245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-10-6     Document Type: Article

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