Non-urgent patients in an Emergency Medical Service

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1085-1089

  Kalemoglu, Murat ^a,b   Keskin, Ozcan ^a   Demirbas, Sezai ^a   Özisik, Tahir ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency Medical Services; Emergency Service, Hospital; First aid; Health care facilities, manpower, and Services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 12444309333     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0034-98872004000900009     Document Type: Article

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