Accuracy of paramedic broselow tape use in the prehospital setting

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 374-380

  Heyming, Theodore ^a,b,c   Bosson, Nichole ^a,c,d   Kurobe, Aileen ^a,e   Kaji, Amy H ^c,d   Gausche Hill, Marianne ^a,c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broselow tape; Children; Paramedic; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84861487689     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.664247     Document Type: Article

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