References
- American Heart Association. Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers. Dallas, TX: AHA, 1997.
- Dickinson, ET. Fire Service Emergency Care. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Brady-Prentice Hall, 1999.
- Emergency Medical Technician-Basic National Standard Cur-riculum. Washington, DC: Department of Transportation, 1994.
- Roberts JR. Hedges JR: Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medi-cine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1998.
- Jacobs LM, Berrizbeitia LD, Bennett B, et al. Endotracheal intu-bation in the prehospital phase of emergency medical care. JAMA 1983;250:2175–7.
- Stewart RD, Paris PM, Winter PM, et al. Field endotracheal intu-bation by paramedical personnel: Success rates and complica-tions. Chest. 1984; 85:341–5.
- Fortney JP, Bodner M, Lewis LM, et al. Comparison of rapid-sequence intubation with conscious sedation or awake intuba-tion in the ED [abstract]. Acad Emerg Med. 1996;4:458.
- McDonald CC, Bailey B. Out-of-hospital use of neuromuscular-blocking agents in the United States. Prehosp Emerg Care. 1998; 2:29–32.
- Ma JO, Atchley RB, Hatley T, et al. Intubation success rates im-prove for an air medical program after implimenting the use of neuromuscular blocking agents. Am J Emerg Med. 1998;16:125–7.
- Hedges JR, Dronen SC, Feero S, et al. Succinylcholine-assisted in-tubations in prehospital care. Ann Emerg Med. 1988;17:469–72.
- Reyes JG, Fragen RJ, Vinik RV, et al. Pharmacology and uses. Anesthesiology. 1985;62:310–24.
- Nordt SP, Clark RF Midazolam: a review of therapeutic uses and toxicity. J Emerg Med. 1997;15:357–65.
- Galvin GM, Jelinek GA: Midazolam: an effective intravenous agent for seizure control. Arch Emerg Med. 1987;4:169–72.
- Ramoska EA, Linkenheimer R, Glasgow C: Midazolam use in the emergency department. J Emerg Med. 1991;9:247–51.
- Corley JR, Perdue D, Devine C: Rapid sequence induction and conscious sedation induction: a field clinical evaluation [ab-stract]. J Emerg Med Serv. 1998;23(3):S9.
- Sakles JC, Laurin EG, Rantapaa AA, et al. Airway management in the emergency department: one-year study of 610 tracheal in-tubations. Ann Emerg Med. 1998;31:325–32.