Use of out-of-hospital interventions for the pediatric patient in an urban emergency medical services system

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 745-750

  Scribano, Philip V ^a,c   Baker, M Douglas ^a   Holmes, John ^b   Shaw, Kathy N ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Interventions; Pediatric; Respiratory distress

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRICS; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYPNEA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VASCULAR ACCESS; WHEEZING;

EID: 0033944970     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02261.x     Document Type: Article

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