The role of law enforcement agencies in out-of-hospital emergency care

Resuscitation

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 386-393

  Hawkins, Seth C ^a   Shapiro, Alan H ^b   Sever, Adrianne E ^c   Delbridge, Theodore R ^d   Mosesso, Vincent N ^e  

^a Grace Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator; Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical services; Emergency treatment; Law enforcement; Police

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FUNDING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; TELEPHONE;

ATTITUDE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; POLICE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847273680     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.07.021     Document Type: Article

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