Prehospital anaesthesia: A survey of current practice in the UK

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 136-140

  Cowan, G M ^a   Burton, F ^a   Newton, A ^a  

^a Emergency Medical Retrieval Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL GOVERNANCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84856114761     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.105304     Document Type: Article

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