Evaluation of protocols allowing emergency medical technicians to determine need for treatment and transport

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 663-669

  Schmidt, Terri ^a,b   Atcheson, Regina ^c   Federiuk, Carol ^b   Mann, N Clay ^b,e   Pinney, Tannert ^c   Fuller, Dave ^d   Colbry, Kyran ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d American Medical Response Northwest   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical technicians; EMS; Guidelines; Transport; Triage

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY WARD; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL;

EID: 0034045869     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02041.x     Document Type: Article

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