Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 542-544 , June 2006

Out-of-Hospital Endotracheal Intubation: Half Empty or Half Full?

  • John H. Burton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: John H. Burton, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maine Medical Center, 47 Bramhall Street, Portland, ME 04102; 207-662-7048, fax 207-662-7025

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 Supervising editor: Robert K. Knopp, MD

 Funding and support: The author reports this study did not receive any outside funding or support.

 Reprints not available from the author.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00088-6

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.01.023

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 542-544 , June 2006

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