Accuracy of internet recommendations for prehospital care of venomous snake bites

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 298-302

  Barker, Sarah ^a   Charlton, Nathan P ^a   Holstege, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

first aid; Health on the Net Seal; Internet information; JAMA benchmarks; snake bite

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEARCH ENGINE; SELF EVALUATION; SNAKEBITE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BENCHMARKING; COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; SEARCH ENGINE; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 78650313343     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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