The psychological effects of widespread emergencies and a first responder training course on a violent, developing community

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 166-173

  Sun, Jared H ^a   Wallis, Lee A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Emergency care system; First responder; Psychology; Training; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAINING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84866494371     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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