Assessment of Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician certification training in the united states: The LEADS Project

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 114-119

  Dawson, Drew E ^a   Brown, William E ^b   Harwell, Todd S ^a  

^a MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Certification; Education; Emergency medical services; Emergency medical technician; Paramedic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CERTIFICATION; COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; REGISTER; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037231682     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120390937210     Document Type: Article

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