Human factors in prehospital research: Lessons from the PARAMEDIC trial

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 562-568

  Pocock, Helen ^a   Deakin, Charles D ^a,b   Quinn, Tom ^c   Perkins, Gavin D ^d,e   Horton, Jessica ^d   Gates, Simon ^d  

^a C/o Bracknell Ambulance Station ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Pre hospital; Research, clinical; Research, operational; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENGLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART MASSAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84960145236     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2015-204916     Document Type: Article

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