Rural EMS en route IV insertion improves IV insertion success rates and EMS scene time

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-347

  Gonzalez, Richard P ^a   Cummings, Glenn R ^a   Rodning, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EMS; IV; Prehospital; Rural; Scene intravenous; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INJURY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952166232     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.021     Document Type: Article

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