Effect of vital signs on advanced life support interventions for prehospital patients

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 145-148

  Brown, Lawrence H ^a   Prasad, N Heramba ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced life support; ALS; emergency medical services; prehospital care; vital signs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PULSE RATE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULSE; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0031175072     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903129708958808     Document Type: Article

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