Out-of-hospital intravenous cannulation: The perspective of patients treated by london ambulance service paramedics

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-133

  Halter, Mary ^a   Lees Mlanga, Shelley ^a   Snooks, Helen ^a   Koenig, Kristi L ^b   Miller, Keith ^a  

^a LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allied health personnel; Ambulances; Emergency medical services; Infusion; Intravenous; London; Patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; AMBULATORY CARE; CANNULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033971713     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00514.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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