The first shot is often the best shot: First-pass intubation success in emergency airway management

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1389-1393

  Bernhard, Michael ^a   Becker, Torben K ^b   Gries, André ^a   Knapp, Jürgen ^c   Wenzel, Volker ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL;

EID: 84957793601     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000891     Document Type: Article

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