Children with special health care needs: A template for prehospital protocol development

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 336-351

  Singh, Tasmeen ^a   Wright, Joseph L ^a,b,c,d,e   Adirim, Terry A ^a,c  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b Advocacy and Community Affairs   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d MD Inst Emergency Med Serv Syst   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with disabilities; Emergency health services; Emergency medical services; Emergency medicine; Pediatrics; Prehospital emergency care

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLOSTOMY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEEDING APPARATUS; FINANCE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0037485762     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120390936545     Document Type: Article

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