Evidence-based African first aid guidelines and training materials

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  van de Velde, Stijn ^a   de Buck, Emmy ^a   Vandekerckhove, Philippe ^a   Volmink, Jimmy ^b  

^a Centre of Expertise   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN FIRST AID MATERIALS; ARTICLE; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PEER REVIEW ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RED CROSS; SPECIAL EDUCATION; VALIDATION STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SNAKEBITE; STATISTICS;

AFRICA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIRST AID; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 79960895172     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001059     Document Type: Article

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