The national EMS research strategic plan

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-266

  Sayre, Michael R ^a   White, Lynn J ^a   Brown, Lawrence H ^b   McHenry, Susan D ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Consensus development conferences; Emergency medical services; Emergency medical technicians; Emergency medicine; Health policy; Needs assessment; Research; Resuscitation; United States; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPETENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISASTER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SHOCK; STROKE; TERRORISM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32144457045     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590962238     Document Type: Review

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