Stroke knowledge among urban and frontier first responders and emergency medical technicians in Montana

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-193

  McNamara, Michael J ^a   Oser, Carrie ^a   Gohdes, Dorothy ^a   Fogle, Crystelle C ^a   Dietrich, Dennis W ^b   Burnett, Anne ^b   Okon, Nicholas ^c   Russell, Joseph A ^d   Detienne, James ^a   Harwell, Todd S ^a   Helgerson, Steven D ^a  

^a MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b Benefis Healthcare   (United States)

^c St Vincent Healthcare Billings   (United States)

^d Great Falls Fire Rescue ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTANA; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 41849085177     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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