Improving the first link in the chain of survival: The Antwerp experience

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-194

  Gijsenbergh, François ^a   Nieuwenhof, Arthur ^a   Machiels, Katia ^b  

^a Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Federal Ministry of Health   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dispatch; Emergency medical services; Training; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BELGIUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 1542779740     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200309000-00006     Document Type: Article

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