Scandinavian pre-hospital physician-manned Emergency Medical Services-Same concept across borders?

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-433

  Krüger, Andreas J ^a,b,c   Skogvoll, Eirik ^b,c   Castrén, Maaret ^d,e   Kurola, Jouni ^f   Lossius, Hans Morten ^a,g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Emergency treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DISASTER MEDICINE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SERVICE; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCANDINAVIA; SKILL; SWEDEN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FINLAND; NORWAY; PHYSICIANS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77649337862     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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