Ability of paramedics to treat patients with congestive heart failure via standing field treatment protocols

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-25

  Eckstein, Marc ^a,b   Suyehara, Deborah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Fire Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Paramedics; Standing field treatment protocols

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036143128     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2002.30106     Document Type: Article

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