Advanced life support vs basic life support field care: An outcome study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 592-598

  Eisen, Jeffrey S ^a   Dubinsky, Isser ^b,c,d,e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allied health personnel; Ambulances; Emergency medical services; Emergency medical technicians; EMS; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FALLING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031780892     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02467.x     Document Type: Article

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