Paramedic identification of acute pulmonary edema in a metropolitan ambulance service

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-347

  Williams, Teresa A ^a   Finn, Judith ^a,b,c   Celenza, Antonio ^a,d   Teng, Tiew Hwa ^a   Jacobs, Ian G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ST JOHN AMBULANCE WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

acute pulmonary edema; ambulance; emergencymedical services; paramedics; pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AMBULANCE; AUSTRALIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PULMONARY EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; LUNG EDEMA; STANDARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AMBULANCES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84878839548     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2013.773114     Document Type: Article

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