Comparison of physician staffed emergency teams with paramedic teams assisted by telemedicine - a randomized, controlled simulation study

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-92

  Rörtgen, Daniel ^a   Bergrath, Sebastian ^a   Rossaint, Rolf ^a   Beckers, Stefan K ^a   Fischermann, Harold ^a   Na, In Sik ^a   Peters, David ^a   Fitzner, Christina ^b   Skorning, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data transmission; Emergency medical service; Simulation; Teleconsultation; Telemedicine; Video analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; KIDNEY COLIC; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOTAPE;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84871385929     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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