Does emergency medical services transport for pediatric ingestion decrease time to activated charcoal?

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-303

  Tuuri, Rachel E ^a   Ryan, Leticia M ^b   He, Jianping ^b,c   McCarter, Robert J ^b,c   Wright, Joseph L ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Decontamination; EMS; Poison; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; TOXIN; ANTIDOTE; CHARCOAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PEDIATRICS; POISON CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIDOTES; CHARCOAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 69849100289     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120902935272     Document Type: Article

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