A review of emergency equipment carried and procedures performed by UK front line paramedics in paediatric patients

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 572-576

  Roberts, K ^a,f   Jewkes, F ^b   Whalley, H ^c   Hopkins, D ^d   Porter, K ^e  

^a MANOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Wiltshire Ambulance Service ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Warwickshire Ambulance Service   (United Kingdom)

^e SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; GELATIN SUCCINATE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; HARTMANN SOLUTION; HYDROCORTISONE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; POLYGELINE; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMBULANCE; ANALGESIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASTHMA; BLEEDING DISORDER; BREATHING DISORDER; BURN; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPILEPSY; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; LIMB INJURY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MENINGITIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PAIN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SHOCK; SKILL; SPINE INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENGLAND; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION; WALES;

EID: 23344438113     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.022533     Document Type: Review

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