Ambulance alerting to hospital: The need for clearer guidance

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 811-814

  Brown, E ^a   Bleetman, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

AMBULANCES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 39049186917     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.030858     Document Type: Article

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