Emergency medical vehicle collisions in an urban system

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-201

  Biggers Jr , William A ^a   Zachariah, Brian S ^b   Pepe, Paul E ^c  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine USAF Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulance; collisions; driver history; emergency medical services; incidence; injuries; siren; warning lights

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AMBULANCES; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030185594     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00042941     Document Type: Article

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