Emergency medical dispatch - More than merely sending the ambulance!

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1473-1474

  Jacobs, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; BREATHING DISORDER; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESUSCITATION; SEIZURE; TELEMEDICINE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 80855130378     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.10.004     Document Type: Editorial

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