Role of pre-hospital care and ambulance services in Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1167-1169

  Baqir, Muhammad ^a   Ejaz, Kiran ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PAKISTAN; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESUSCITATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY DELAY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAUMATOLOGY;

AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PAKISTAN;

EID: 81855203497     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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