Ambulance staging for potentially dangerous scenes: Another hidden component of response time

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-344

  Gratton, Matthew ^a   Garza, Alex ^b   Salomone III, Joseph A ^c   McElroy, James ^d   Shearer, Jason ^e  

^a TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d City Manager's Office Kansas City   (United States)

^e Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration; Ambulance; Emergency medical services; Response time; Staging

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AMBULANCES; COHORT STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MISSOURI; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952991149     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903121003760176     Document Type: Article

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