Safety of paramedics with extended skills

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 607-612

  Mason, Suzanne ^a   Knowles, Emma ^a   Freeman, Jenny ^a   Snooks, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extended skills; Paramedics; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESCUE PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56849131765     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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