Emergency Medical Support Units to Critical Care Transport Teams in Iraq

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Collins, Sean T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; BURN; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; FURNITURE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; IRAQ; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY NURSING; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNS; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HOSPITALS, PACKAGED; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY NURSING; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 38349112028     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2007.10.005     Document Type: Review

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