Welcome to the world: Findings from an emergency medical services pediatric injury prevention program

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 790-795

  Hawkins, Eric R ^a,b,c,e   Brice, Jane H ^a,d   Overby, Barbara A ^a  

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

^b IL   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Orange County Emergency Management Services   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Home safety; Injury prevention; Pediatric injury

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FIRE; FIRE PROTECTION; FIREARM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME SAFETY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNS; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; FIRES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; POISONING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 36348953709     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318159ffd9     Document Type: Article

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