The advanced paramedic internship: An important clinical learning opportunity

Resuscitation

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 425-429

  Bury, Gerard ^a   Janes, David ^a   Bourke, Margaret ^a   O'Donnell, Cathal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Internship; Paramedic; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LARYNGEAL MASK; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP, NONMEDICAL; IRELAND; MALE;

EID: 34248590935     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.09.017     Document Type: Article

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