Prehospital Care: Do No Harm?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-162

  Hoyt, David ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SKILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NOTE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85047694863     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SLA.0000048440.07546.45     Document Type: Editorial

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