Does the level of prehospital care influence the outcome of patients with altered levels of consciousness?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-104

  Adams, James ^a   Aldag, Gene ^a   Wolford, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b OSF SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced life support; altered level of consciousness; basic life support; hypoglycemia; prehospital; seizure; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0030115939     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00042722     Document Type: Article

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