ED technicians can successfully place ultrasound-guided intravenous catheters in patients with poor vascular access

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 496-501

  Schoenfeld, Elizabeth ^a   Boniface, Keith ^a   Shokoohi, Hamid ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY PUNCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE;

CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79958034943     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.11.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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