Cancellation of responding ALS units by BLS providers: A national survey

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 227-233

  Yeh, Ernest L ^a   Cone, David C ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; EMS protocols; Prehospital care; Transportation of patients

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLICY; REVIEW;

EID: 0033939656     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120090941245     Document Type: Review

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