Can basic life support personnel safely determine that advance life support is not needed?

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 360-365

  Cone, D C ^a   Wydro, G C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced life support; Emergency medical services; Emergency medical technicians; Triage

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESCUE PERSONNEL;

EID: 0034800224     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120190939517     Document Type: Article

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