Can emergency medical service staff predict the disposition of patients they are transporting?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 691-694

  Clesham, K ^a   Mason, S ^a   Gray, J ^b   Walters, S ^a   Cooke, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b YORKSHIRE AMBULANCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349112883     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.054924     Document Type: Article

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