An overview of Shiraz emergency medical services, dispatch to treatment

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 823-828

  Peyravi, Mahmoudreza ^a,b   Örtenwal, Per ^a   Djalali, Ahmadreza ^c   Khorram Manesh, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication systems; Emergency medical service; Reaction time; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DEATH; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INJURY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PULSE RATE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84885813193     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.10982     Document Type: Article

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