Physician medical direction in EMS

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-157

  Alonso Serra, Hector ^a   Blanton, Donald ^b,c,d   O'Connor, Robert E ^e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Nashville Fire Department   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Columbia summit Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^e NAEMSP Standards and Clinical Practice Committee ^*  (United States)

^f State of Delaware   (United States)

^g MEDICAL CENTER OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD; WORK;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LEADERSHIP; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 0032041799     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903129808958861     Document Type: Article

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