Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 5 , Pages 576-578 , May 2010

Rapid sequence airway vs rapid sequence intubation in a simulated trauma airway by flight crew

  • Andrew Southard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Emergency Medicine, MSC10 55601, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, United States. Tel.: +1 303 915 5683; fax: +1 505 272 6503.
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  • Darren Braude

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
    • PHI Air Medical of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
    • ,
  • Cameron Crandall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States

Received 15 October 2009 ,Revised 18 December 2009 ,Accepted 27 December 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.026.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00013-4

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.026

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 5 , Pages 576-578 , May 2010

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