Pediatric Educational Needs Assessment for Urban and Rural Emergency Medical Technicians

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1130-1135

  Fleischman, Ross J ^a   Yarris, Lalena M ^a   Curry, Merlin T ^a   Yuen, Stephanie C ^a   Breon, Alia R ^a   Meckler, Garth D ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMS; Medical education; Prehospital emergency care; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CERTIFICATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CERTIFICATION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PEDIATRICS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84860268859     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31823a3e73     Document Type: Article

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