Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 30-33 , March 2007

Securing paediatric endotracheal tubes: Tape it like you mean it!

  • Debbie Andrews (RN, RM, MN)

      Affiliations

    • CNC Paediatric Outreach Education NSW/NETS, NSW Newborn & Paediatric Emergency Transport Service, NSW, Australia
    web address
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  • Scott DeBoer (RN, MSN, CEN, CCRN, CFRN)

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago Hospitals, USA
    • Peds-R-Us Medical Education, PO Box 601, Dyer, IN 46311, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Peds-R-Us Medical Education, PO Box 601, Dyer, IN 46311, USA. Tel.: +1 219 864 4681/2; fax: +1 219 865 9271.
    web address
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  • Kathleen Adams (RCP, RRT-NPS)

      Affiliations

    • Packmule Education & Consulting Services, USA
    • Formerly, Loma Linda University Medical Center & Children's Hospital, Loma Linda, CA, USA
    web address

Received 11 December 2006 ,Accepted 18 December 2006.

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PII: S1574-6267(06)00126-1

doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2006.12.002

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 30-33 , March 2007