Effectiveness of a medical priority dispatch protocol for abdominal pain

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-93

  Kennedy, Jason D ^a   Sweeney, Thomas A ^b   Roberts, David ^b   O'Connor, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Advanced life support; Medical priority dispatch system; Triage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROCLIMATE; PATIENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0037236605     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120390937166     Document Type: Article

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