Resuscitation center designation: Recommendations for emergency medical services practices

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-61

  Mechem, C Crawford ^a,b   Goodloe, Jeffrey M ^c   Richmond, Neal J ^d   Kaufman, Bradley J ^e   Pepe, Paul E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Philadelphia Fire Department   (United States)

^c Emergency Medical Services Authority System and First Responder Network for Tulsa and Oklahoma City   (United States)

^d Louisville Metro EMS ^*  (United States)

^e Government of New york   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

EMS; Resuscitation; Resuscitation centers

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LACTIC ACID; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERTIFICATION; COST; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CRYSTALLOID; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REGIONALIZATION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STEROID THERAPY; STROKE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RESUSCITATION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 71449088261     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903120903349804     Document Type: Review

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