Accuracy of rural EMS provider interpretation of three-lead ECG rhythm strips

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 259-262

  Brown, Lawrence H ^a   Gough, John E ^a   Hawley, Catherine R ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; electrocardiography; emergency medical services; telemetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031244340     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903129708958820     Document Type: Article

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