How much to do at the accident scene?: Spend time on essentials, save lives

BMJ

Volumn 319, Issue 7218, 1999, Pages 1150-

  Cooke, Matthew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; EDITORIAL; FIRST AID; HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL;

ACCIDENTS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85007762506     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7218.1150     Document Type: Editorial

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