The lay public's expectations of prearrival instructions when dialing 9-1-1

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 234-237

  Billittier IV, Anthony J ^a,b,c   Lerner, E Brooke ^b   Tucker, William ^a   Lee, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Center for Transportation Injury Research   (United States)

^c ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical communications; Emergency medical services; Prearrival instructions; Public

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0033938083     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120090941254     Document Type: Article

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