Hidden impact of paramedic interventions

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 383-385

  Powar, Michael ^a,c   Nguyen Van Tam, Jonathan ^a   Pearson, James ^a   Dove, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency callout; Intervention; Operational times; Paramedics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029855169     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.6.383     Document Type: Article

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