Policy statement - Equipment for ambulances

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

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AMBULANCE; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULANCES; BANDAGES; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFIBRILLATORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649632086     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1094     Document Type: Review

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