EMS provider findings and interventions with a statewide EMS spine-assessment protocol

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-309

  Burton, John H ^a   Harmon, Nathan R ^a   Dunn, Matthew G ^a   Bradshaw, Jay R ^b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Maine Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Spine fracture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SPINE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 32144447839     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590962003     Document Type: Article

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