Effective out-of-operating room airway management for physicians not traditionally trained in airway management

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1263-1267

  Kessler, Chad S ^a   Tristano, Jenny M ^a   Dignan, Mary Ann ^b   Xie, Hui ^a   Stallings, Leonard A ^c   Albrecht, Ronald F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Emergency department; Endotracheal intubation; Training

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

EID: 84856697418     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: 17088267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/JIM.0b013e31822ffc02     Document Type: Article

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