Trauma care training for national police nurses in Colombia

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-130

  Rubiano, Andrés M ^a,b   Sánchez, Álvaro I ^a   Guyette, Francis ^a   Puyana, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDTAC   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Combat medicine; Education; International medicine; Tactical medicine; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; COMBAT NURSE; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJURY; JOB PERFORMANCE; NURSE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; NURSING STUDENT; POLICE; SIMULATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOMBIA; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MILITARY NURSING; POLICE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 71449116179     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903120903349762     Document Type: Article

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