Consensus on paramedic clinical decisions during high-acuity emergency calls: Results of a Canadian Delphi study

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 310-318

  Jensen, Jan L ^a,b   Croskerry, Pat ^a,c   Travers, Andrew H ^a,b,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Emergency Health Services   (Canada)

^c Capital District Health Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Delphi; Emergency medical services; Paramedics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE; ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LIDOCAINE; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TENECTEPLASE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DELPHI STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOBRONCHIAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEIMLICH MANEUVER; HUMAN; INJURY; LARYNGEAL MASK; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOCK; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS;

EID: 80054111268     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/8000.2011.110405     Document Type: Article

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