A national center for EMS provider and patient safety: Helping EMS providers help us

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-94

  Paris, Paul M ^a   O'Connor, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; SAFETY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149070119     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701710603     Document Type: Editorial

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