Assessing the impact of prehospital intubation on survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-49

  Egly, Joshua ^a   Custodio, Don ^b   Bishop, Nathan ^c   Prescott, Michael ^d   Lucia, Victoria ^a   Jackson, Raymond E ^a   Swor, Robert A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BORGESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^d St Mary's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Intubation; Outcome; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649521771     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.514090     Document Type: Article

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