Effects of on-line medical control in the prehospital treatment of atraumatic illness

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 80-84

  Klein, Kelly R ^a   Spillane, Linda L ^a   Chiumento, Sharon ^a   Schneider, Sandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced life support; emergency medical services; on line medical control; prehospital care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031108277     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903129708958793     Document Type: Article

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