Variations in contact patterns and dispatch guideline adherence between Norwegian emergency medical communication centres - a cross-sectional study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ellensen, Eirin N ^a,b   Hunskaar, Steinar ^b,c   Wisborg, Torben ^d,e   Zakariassen, Erik ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Criteria based dispatch; Emergency medical communication systems; Emergency medical dispatch; Emergency medical services; Guideline adherence; Triage

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

AMBULANCES; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84892469757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-22-2     Document Type: Article

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