A time-motion study of ambulance-to-emergency department radio communications

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 204-208

  Penner, Mark S ^b   Cone, David C ^a   MacMillan, Don ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Communications; Emergency department; Emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTION; NURSE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME;

EID: 0347298818     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120390936789     Document Type: Article

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