King LTS-D use by EMT-intermediates in a rural prehospital setting without intubation availability

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Wyne, Kevin T ^a   Soltys, John N ^b   O'Keefe, Michael F ^c   Wolfson, Daniel ^c   Wang, Henry E ^d   Freeman, Kalev ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84861674491     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.03.030     Document Type: Letter

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