Does ambulance crew size affect on-scene time or number of prehospital interventions?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 214-217

  Brown, Lawrence H ^a   Owens, Charles F ^b   March, Juan A ^a,c   Archino, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Greenville Fire and Rescue   (United States)

^c PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced life support; chest pain; crew configuration; emergency medical services; scene times; seizures; staffing; transportation of patients

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SEIZURE; STANDARD; THORAX PAIN; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AMBULANCES; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030184396     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00042977     Document Type: Article

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