Paramedic clinical decision making during high acuity emergency calls: Design and methodology of a Delphi study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 17-

  Jensen, Jan L ^a,b   Croskerry, Pat ^a   Travers, Andrew H ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Emergency Health Services Nova Scotia   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DELPHI STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL DISCIPLINES; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 70449411831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-9-17     Document Type: Article

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