AFEM consensus conference, 2013. AFEM out-of-hospital emergency care workgroup consensus paper: Advancing out-of-hospital emergency care in Africa-advocacy and development

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 90-95

  Mould Millman, N K ^a   Naidoo, R ^b   De Vries, S ^c   Stein, C ^d   Wallis, L A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Ambulance; Emergency care; Emergency medical services; Out of hospital; Prehospital care

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT ADVOCACY;

EID: 84902533350     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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