The demand for prehospital advanced life support and the appropriateness of dispatch in Taipei

Resuscitation

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-179

  Lu, Tsung Chien ^a   Chen, Ying Ta ^a   Ko, Patrick Chow In ^a   Lin, Chih Hao ^a   Shih, Fuh Yuan ^a   Yen, Zui Shen ^a   Ma, Matthew Huei Ming ^a   Chen, Shyr Chyr ^a   Chen, Wen Jone ^a   Lin, Fang Yue ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Advanced life support; Dispatch; Emergency medical services system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; VITAL SIGN;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 33750190710     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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