The influence of emergency medical technician glucometry on paramedic involvement

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 318-321

  Strote, Jared ^a,d   Cloyd, Donald ^c   Rea, Thomas ^b,c   Eisenberg, Mickey ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Public Health   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Emergency medical services; Emergency medical technicians

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLUCOMETRY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 32144450505     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590961987     Document Type: Article

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