Being first on the scene of an accident - experiences of 'doing' prehospital emergency care

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 266-273

  Elmqvist, Carina ^a   Brunt, David ^a   Fridlund, Bengt ^a   Ekebergh, Margaretha ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Phenomenology; Prehospital emergency care; Reversibility; Team resources; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SWEDEN; PSYCHOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77954018713     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2009.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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