Out-of-Hospital Endotracheal Intubation Experience and Patient Outcomes

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Henry E ^a   Balasubramani, G K ^b   Cook, Lawrence J ^e   Lave, Judith R ^c   Yealy, Donald M ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952321688     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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