Lack of association between prehospital response times and patient outcomes

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 444-450

  Blackwell, Thomas H ^a,b   Kline, Jeffrey A ^a   Willis, J Jeffrey ^a   Hicks, G Monroe ^b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mecklenburg EMS Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulances; Eaction time; Emergency medical services; Outcome assessment (health care); Prehospital

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RESPONSE TIME; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70149102514     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120902935363     Document Type: Article

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