Impact of System-Wide King LT Airway Implementation on Orotracheal Intubation

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 570-577

  Hilton, Michael T ^a   Wayne, Max ^b   Martin Gill, Christian ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

allied health personnel; paramedic; prehospital; emergency medical services; endotracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PENNSYLVANIA; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84964022123     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2016.1163446     Document Type: Article

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