Being Prepared for the Unprepared: A Phenomenology Field Study of Swedish Prehospital Care

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 571-577

  Sundström, Birgitta Wireklint ^a   Dahlberg, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assignments; Emergency medical dispatch center; Emergency medical service; Outcome; Phenomenology; Prehospital care

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN;

AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84868348173     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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