Ondansetron is safe and effective for prehospital treatment of nausea and vomiting by paramedics

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-38

  Salvucci, Angelo A ^a   Squire, Benjamin ^b   Burdick, Marc ^a   Luoto, Mark ^c   Brazzel, David ^d   Vaezazizi, Reza ^e  

^a Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Costal Valleys EMS ^*  (United States)

^d El Dorado Co Dept of Agriculture   (United States)

^e Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiemetic; Nausea; Ondansetron; Paramedic; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649507285     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.519822     Document Type: Article

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