A Preprocedural Checklist Improves the Safety of Emergency Department Intubation of Trauma Patients.
AUTHORS
Smith
KA ,
High
K ,
Collins
SP ,
Self
WH ,
. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2015 7 20; ().
- PMID: 26194607 [PubMed].
ABSTRACT
Endotracheal intubation of trauma patients is a vital and high-risk procedure in the emergency department (ED). The hypothesis was that implementation of a standardized, preprocedural checklist would improve the safety of this procedure.
Endotracheal intubation of trauma patients is a vital and high-risk procedure in the emergency department (ED). The hypothesis was that implementation of a standardized, preprocedural checklist would improve the safety of this procedure.
Tags: Alumni Publications 2015