The lateral trauma position: What do we know about it and how do we use it? A cross-sectional survey of all Norwegian emergency medical services

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fattah, Sabina ^a,b   Ekås, Guri R ^a,c   Hyldmo, Per Kristian ^d   Wisborg, Torben ^a,e  

^a FINNMARK HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^c INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^d Arendal and Kristiansand   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; NORWAY; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 79961112313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-19-45     Document Type: Article

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