EMS management of acute stroke - Prehospital triage (resource document to NAEMSP position statement)

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-317

  Crocco, T J ^a   Grotta, J C ^b   Jauch, E C ^c   Kasner, S E ^d   Kothari, R U ^e   Larmon, B R ^f   Saver, J L ^g   Sayre, M R ^h   Davis, S M ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Borgess Research Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; REVIEW; SCREENING; STROKE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; SOCIETIES; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447117021     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701347844     Document Type: Review

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