The emerging role of the emergency care practitioner

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 614-618

  Cooper, Simon ^a,b   Barrett, B ^a   Black, S ^a   Evans, C ^a   Real, C ^a   Williams, S ^a   Wright, B ^a  

^a Westcountry Ambulan Serv NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 4544367859     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.011247     Document Type: Article

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