Emergency medical services advanced life support response times: Lots of heat, little light

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 320-321

  Swor, Robert A ^a   Cone, David C ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced life support; Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical services; Response times

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ARREST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESPONSE TIME; RESUSCITATION; STANDARD; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036203697     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.4.320     Document Type: Note

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