Adequacy of online medical command communication and emergency medical services documentation of informed refusals

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 970-977

  Stuhlmiller, David F E ^a   Cudnik, Michael T ^b   Sundheim, Scott M ^b   Threlkeld, Melinda S ^c   Collins Jr , Thomas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Decision making; Emergency medical services; Informed consent; Mental competency; Online medical command; Paramedic; Transport; Treatment refusal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALERTNESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORIENTATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 25144485880     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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