Prehospital venous access in an urban paramedic system—a prospective on-scene analysis

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 1460-1463

  Pons, Peter T ^a   Moore, Ernest E ^a   Cusick, James M ^a   Brunko, Michael ^a   Antuna, Barbara ^a   Owens, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARAMEDICAL SERVICE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PREHOSPITAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ACCESS;

COLORADO; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMAN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0023732320     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-198810000-00009     Document Type: Article

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