Ensuring the chain of recovery for stroke in your community

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-95

  Pepe, Paul E ^a   Zachariah, Brian S ^b   Sayre, Michael R ^c   Floccare, Douglas ^d  

^a ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

9 1 1; air medical rescue; ambulance; cerebral vascular accident; dispatcher; emergency medical services; emergency medical technician; EMS; enhanced 9 1 1; paramedics; stroke; thrombolytics

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032039756     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903129808958849     Document Type: Review

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