Ambulance sphygmomanometers are frequently inaccurate

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 136-139

  Cady, Charles E ^a   Pirrallo, Ronald G ^a   Grim, Clarence E ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Medical College of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; ambulance; blood pressure determination; emergency medical services; sphygmomanometer

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AMBULANCES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0031175191     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903129708958806     Document Type: Article

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