Air Medical Journal
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , January 2003

Use of the endotracheal tube introducer as an adjunct for oral tracheal intubation in the prehospital setting

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☆ Address for correspondence: William G. Heegaard, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55415, emdoc@yahoo.com

☆☆ Acknowledgments This article was presented in abstract form at the National Associations of EMS Physicians Annual Meeting at Sanibel Island, Florida, January 2001.

★ This research was partially supported by the HCMC Department of Emergency Medicine EMS Fellowship Program.

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Air Medical Journal
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , January 2003

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