EMS systems: Foundations for the future

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-53

  O'Connor, Robert E ^a   Cone, David C ^b   De Lorenzo, Robert A ^c   Domeier, Robert M ^d   Moore, Wayne E ^e   Taillac, Peter P ^f   Verdile, Vincent P ^g   Zachariah, Brian S ^h   Davidson, Steven J ⁱ  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c US Army Medical Department Center & School   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Department of Transportation   (United States)

^f Pioneer Valley Hospital   (United States)

^g ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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

ⁱ MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; EMS; Future

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0032896153     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00094.x     Document Type: Article

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