Science of emergency medical dispatch

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2023-2025

  Ornato, Joseph P ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; BREATHING DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NETHERLANDS; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEIZURE; STATISTICS; SUDDEN DEATH; TELEPHONE;

COMMUNICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SEIZURES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 65449180388     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.855130     Document Type: Editorial

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