Medication calculation skills of practicing paramedics

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-260

  Hubble, Michael W ^a   Paschal, Kyle R ^b   Sanders, Thomas A ^c  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FirstHealth Chatham EMS   (United States)

^c WestCare EMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug therapy; Emergency medical services; EMS; Mathematics; Medication errors; Paramedics; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ISOPRENALINE; LIDOCAINE; MANNITOL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SKILL;

EID: 0033923496     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120090941290     Document Type: Article

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