Emergency Medical Service (EMS) systems in developed and developing countries

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1001-1013

  Roudsari, Bahman S ^a   Nathens, Avery B ^b   Arreola Risa, Carlos ^c   Cameron, Peter ^d   Civil, Ian ^e   Grigoriou, Giouli ^f   Gruen, Russel L ^g   Koepsell, Thomas D ^h,i   Lecky, Fiona E ^j   Lefering, Rolf L ^k   Liberman, Moishe ^l   Mock, Charles N ^h   Oestern, Hans Jörg ^m   Petridou, Elenie ^f,n   Schildhauer, Thomas A ^o   Waydhas, Christian ^p   Zargar, Moosa ^q   Rivara, Frederick P ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^g MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^l MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^m ALLGEMEINES KRANKENHAUS CELLE   (Germany)

ⁿ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^o RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^q TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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Author keywords

Advanced Life Support; Basic Life Support; Developed and developing countries; Emergency Medical Service (EMS) systems; Endotracheal intubation; Intravenous fluid therapy; Pre hospital trauma care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CANADA; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GERMANY; GREECE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 34547928335     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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