Emergency medical services providers and weapons in the prehospital setting

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-216

  Thomsen, Todd W ^a,b   Sayah, Assaad J ^a,b,e,f   Eckstein, Marc ^c,d   Hutson, H Range ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Los Angeles Fire Department   (United States)

^d LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services providers; Training; Weapons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; TRAINING; WEAPON;

EID: 0033935440     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120090941218     Document Type: Article

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