When is peripheral intravenous catheter insertion indicated in the emergency department?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 515-516

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a   Egerton Warburton, Diana ^b  

^a SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSE; PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CATHETER INSERTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CATHETERIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALASIA; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84908539641     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12282     Document Type: Article

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