Airway management success and hypoxemia rates in air and ground critical care transport: A prospective multicenter study

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-291

  Thomas, Stephen ^a   Judge, Tom ^b   Lowell, Mark J ^c   MacDonald, Russell D ^d,e   Madden, John ^f   Pickett, Kimberly ^g   Werman, Howard A ^h   Shear, Melissa L ⁱ   Patel, Pina ⁱ   Starr, Greg ^a   Chesney, Michael ^j   Domeier, Robert ^k   Frantz, Pam ^l   Funk, Deb ^m   Greenberg, Robert D ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b LifeFlight of Maine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Orange Transport Medicine   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^g Sunstar Critical Care Transport   (United States)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^k Washtenaw/Livingston County Medical Control Authority   (United States)

^l Flight for Life Colorado   (United States)

^m City of San Diego   (United States)

ⁿ SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Air medical; Airway management; Critical care transport; Helicopter; Intubation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANOXIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952969117     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.481758     Document Type: Article

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