Ability of EMT-Bs to determine which wounds can be repaired in the field

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-249

  Hale, David ^a   Sipprell, Kevin ^a  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emergency medical technicians; Lacerations; Prehospital; Tetanus prophylaxis; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LACERATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; TETANUS; WOUND;

EID: 0033924144     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120090941272     Document Type: Article

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