Incidence of desaturation during prehospital rapid sequence intubation in a physician-based helicopter emergency service

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 639-644

  Nakstad, Anders Rostrup ^a,b   Heimdal, Hans Julius ^a   Strand, Terje ^a   Sandberg, Mårten ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; INTUBATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NORWAY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 79959455020     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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