Emergency medical services capacities in the developing world: Preliminary evaluation and training in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 392-396

  Pozner, Charles N ^a   Bayleygne, Tesfaye M ^b   Davis, Mark A ^a   Benin Goren, Odeda ^c   Noble, Vicki E ^a   Halpern, Pinchas ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Armed Forces General Hospital Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Developing nations; Ethiopia; International EMS

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037823232     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120390936635     Document Type: Review

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