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Research Article

Effect of Patient Age on Airway Response by Paramedics: Frailty or Futility?

Neal Handly From the Department of Emergency Medicine (NH), Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Maryland Institute of EMS Systems (RRB, JPN), Baltimore, Maryland; and the Department of Surgery (DCC), UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, California.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD, MSc, MS,
Robert R. Bass From the Department of Emergency Medicine (NH), Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Maryland Institute of EMS Systems (RRB, JPN), Baltimore, Maryland; and the Department of Surgery (DCC), UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, California.
, MD,
John P. New From the Department of Emergency Medicine (NH), Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Maryland Institute of EMS Systems (RRB, JPN), Baltimore, Maryland; and the Department of Surgery (DCC), UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, California.
&
David C. Chang From the Department of Emergency Medicine (NH), Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Maryland Institute of EMS Systems (RRB, JPN), Baltimore, Maryland; and the Department of Surgery (DCC), UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, California.
, MBA, MPH, PhD
Pages 351-358 | Received 17 Oct 2010, Accepted 18 Oct 2010, Published online: 25 May 2011

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