Threats and violence in the Swedish pre-hospital emergency care

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-11

  Petzall K ^a   Tallberg J ^b   Lundin, T ^c   Suserud, Björn Ove ^d  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAMBER Skåne   (Sweden)

^c The Fire Station in Bengtsfors   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Pre hospital emergency care; Threats; Violence; Working environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78650572875     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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