Accuracy in identifying patients with loss of consciousness in a police-operated emergency call centre - First step in the chain of survival

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 742-746

  Bach, A ^a   Christensen, E F ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Emergency call centre; Emergency medical services; Medical dispatch; Over triage; Pre hospital life support; Unconsciousness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WAKEFULNESS;

COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; EMERGENCIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; POLICE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TELEPHONE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 34250316551     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01310.x     Document Type: Article

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