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Education and Practice

Barriers to Adoption of Evidence-Based Prehospital Airway Management Practices in California

Scott T. Youngquist The Air Medical Research Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine (STY), Salt Lake City, Utah; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (STY), Torrance, California; the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor–UCLA (MG-H, BTS), Torrance, California; the Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (MG-H), Los Angeles, California; and the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency (BTS, WJK), Commerce, California.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD, MS,
Marianne Gausche-Hill The Air Medical Research Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine (STY), Salt Lake City, Utah; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (STY), Torrance, California; the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor–UCLA (MG-H, BTS), Torrance, California; the Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (MG-H), Los Angeles, California; and the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency (BTS, WJK), Commerce, California.
, MD,
Ben T. Squire The Air Medical Research Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine (STY), Salt Lake City, Utah; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (STY), Torrance, California; the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor–UCLA (MG-H, BTS), Torrance, California; the Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (MG-H), Los Angeles, California; and the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency (BTS, WJK), Commerce, California.
, MD &
William J. Koenig The Air Medical Research Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine (STY), Salt Lake City, Utah; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (STY), Torrance, California; the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor–UCLA (MG-H, BTS), Torrance, California; the Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (MG-H), Los Angeles, California; and the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency (BTS, WJK), Commerce, California.
, MD
Pages 505-509 | Received 23 Dec 2009, Accepted 10 Feb 2010, Published online: 29 Jun 2010

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