Pre-hospital management of burns by the UK fire service

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-208

  Walker, Alison ^a   Baumber, R ^b   Robson, B ^c  

^a Pontefract General Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c West Yorkshire Fire/Rescue Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; OXYGEN;

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN DRESSING; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLOTHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIRE FIGHTER; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; WARMING;

ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FIRES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 14944349521     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.015784     Document Type: Article

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