Accuracy of a priority medical dispatch system in dispatching cardiac emergencies in a suburban community

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-81

  Reilly, Michael J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced life support (ALS); emergency medical services (EMS); EMS communications systems; paramedics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746091371     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00003393     Document Type: Article

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