Triage, EMTALA, Consultations, and Prehospital Medical Control

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 627-640

  Testa, Paul A ^a   Gang, Maureen ^a,b  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

EMS; EMTALA; Medical control; On call; Stabilize; Transfer; Triage

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND ACTIVE LABOR ACT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL FEE; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449657878     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2009.07.011     Document Type: Review

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