A model of prehospital trauma training for lay persons devised in Africa

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-239

  Tiska, M A ^a,d   Adu Ampofo, M ^b   Boakye, G ^b   Tuuli, L ^b   Mock, C N ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; FIRST AID; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MODEL; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 1542710342     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2002.002097     Document Type: Review

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