Paramedic decisions with placement of out-of-hospital intravenous lines

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 544-547

  Pace, Steven A ^a,d   Fuller, Frederick P ^b   Dahlgren, Timothy J ^c  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b American Medical Response   (United States)

^c Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Intravenous line; Paramedic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SERVICE; PARAMEDICAL DISCIPLINES; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032836744     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(99)90193-6     Document Type: Article

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