An eight-year review of legal cases related to an urban 9-1-1 paramedic service

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-86

  Maguire, Brian J ^a   Porco, Frank V ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

accident prevention; ambulance accident; EMS litigation; injury prevention; lawsuits; seatbelts; urban EMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041663243     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00037468     Document Type: Article

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