Safety and compliance with an emergency medical service direct psychiatric center transport protocol

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 750-756

  Cheney, Paul ^a   Haddock, Tiffany ^a   Sanchez, Leslie ^a   Ernst, Amy ^a   Weiss, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL PATIENT; MORBIDITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 50549095845     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.10.019     Document Type: Article

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