Initial emergency medical dispatching and prehospital needs assessment: A prospective study of the Swedish ambulance service

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 134-141

  Hjälte, Lena ^a,d,e   Suserud, Björn Ove ^d   Herlitz, Johan ^c,d   Karlberg, Ingvar ^a,b  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b Centre for Health Systems Analysis   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d School of Health Science   (Sweden)

^e Preem Petroleum AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Dispatching; Emergency medical services; Needs assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 34247859177     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32801464cf     Document Type: Article

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