A national model for developing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based guidelines for prehospital care

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-209

  Lang, Eddy S ^a   Spaite, Daniel W ^b   Oliver, Zoe J ^c   Gotschall, Catherine S ^d   Swor, Robert A ^e   Dawson, Drew E ^d   Hunt, Richard C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^e OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY CARE; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MODEL; MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TEACHING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856827830     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01281.x     Document Type: Article

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