Prehospital Emergency Medicine
Subtitle: Challenges and Options in Emergency Services
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: October 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9789057020032
Subjects: Accident & emergency medicine; Emergency services; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Allied Health Services - Emergency Medical Services; Medical / Laboratory Medicine; Laboratory Medicine
First sentence: The aims of prehospital emergency medicine (PHEM) are 1) to bring emergency care to the patient at the earliest possible time, 2) to attempt stabilization before transport, which may then 3) - when necessary - go directly to a distant and/or specialized centre.