Rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia in UK emergency departments: A national census

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-220

  Benger, Jonathan ^a   Hopkinson, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79952629567     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.085423     Document Type: Article

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