Saving tourists: The status of emergency medical services in California's National Parks

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-24

  Heggie, Travis W ^a   Heggie, Tracey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; EMS; National Park; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; FIRST AID; FUNDING; INJURY; NATIONAL PARK; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOURISM; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FIRST AID; HUMANS; RECREATION; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAVEL; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 58549098229     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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