Adequacy of EMS data collection during pediatric cardiac arrest: Are EMTs getting the whole story?

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-31

  Graham, Susan D ^a   Olson, Lenora M ^a   Sapien, Robert E ^a   Tandberg, Dan ^a   Sklar, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; child abuse; emergency medical services; pediatrics; sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CORONER; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW MEXICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030622504     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903129708958781     Document Type: Article

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