Launching online education for 911 telecommunicators and EMS personnel: Experiences from the North Carolina rapid response to stroke project

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-306

  Lellis, Julie C ^a,b   Brice, Jane H ^b   Evenson, Kelly R ^c   Rosamond, Wayne D ^c   Kingdon, David ^c,d   Morris, Dexter L ^b,e  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d Maui County EMS   (United States)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health education; Computer assisted instruction; Continuing education; Emergency medical services; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEM; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; STROKE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNET; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34447127564     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701348222     Document Type: Article

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