The effect of language barriers on dispatching EMS response

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 475-480

  Meischke, Hendrika W ^a   Calhoun, Rebecca E ^a   Yip, Mei Po ^b   Tu, Shin Ping ^b   Painter, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispatch; EMS; English proficiency; Literacy; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; UTILIZATION;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84883410449     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2013.811565     Document Type: Article

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