Emergency medical services utilization during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the incidence of SARS-associated coronavirus infection among emergency medical technicians

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 903-911

  Chow In Ko, Patrick ^a   Chen, Wen Jone ^a   Huei Ming Ma, Matthew ^a   Chiang, Wen Chu ^a   Su, Chan Ping ^a   Huang, Chien Hua ^b   Lu, Tsung Chien ^a   Shih, Fuh Yuan ^a   Lin, Fang Yue ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei City Fire Department   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; emergency medical technicians; incidence; severe acute respiratory syndrome; utilization

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; VIRUS INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 4344694643     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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