Lessons Learned from an Emergency Medical Services Fire Safety Intervention

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-174

  Pirrallo, Ronald G ^a,b,c,d   Cady, Charles E ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Injury Research Center   (United States)

^c Custom Machinery Design Industries   (United States)

^d FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Burns; Emergency medical services; Fires; Protection devices; Smoke

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; BURN; DEVICE; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; FIRE PROTECTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LEARNING; MONEY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; SMOKE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544387307     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prehos.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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