The Canadian Prehospital Evidence-based Protocols Project: Knowledge translation in emergency medical services care

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 668-673

  Jensen, Jan L ^a,b   Petrie, David A ^a,b   Cain, Ed ^a   Travers, Andrew H ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Government of Nova Scotia Emergency Health Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence; Knowledge translation; Paramedics; Prehospital; Protocols

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANADA; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NOVA SCOTIA; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES;

EID: 67650340310     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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