Paramedic attitudes regarding prehospital analgesia

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-87

  Walsh, Brooks ^a   Cone, David C ^b   Meyer, Emily M ^c   Larkin, Gregory L ^c  

^a Section of Urology   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

analgesics; attitudes; emergency medical services; emergency medical technicians; health knowledge; practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870555936     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.717167     Document Type: Article

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