Evaluating paramedic comfort with field pronouncement: Development and validation of an outcome measure

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 633-637

  Morrison, Laurie J ^a,b,c,d,e   Cheung, Matthew C ^a,d   Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,b,d  

^a Department of Emergency Services ^*  (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Division of Genomic Medicine   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Toronto Emergency Medical Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Death; Emergency medical services; Field pronouncement; Futility; Paramedics; Validity and reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIABILITY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037940272     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2003.tb00047.x     Document Type: Review

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