Are emergency department staffs' perceptions about the inappropriate use of ambulances, alcohol intoxication, verbal abuse and violence accurate?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 164-168

  Vardy, J ^a,c   Mansbridge, C ^a   Ireland, A ^b  

^a HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCURACY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL AUDIT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 61749094607     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.056259     Document Type: Article

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