Major incidents: training for on site medical personnel.
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Major incidents: training for on site medical personnel.
OBJECTIVE To assess the present levels of training for the medical incident officer (MIO) and the mobile medical team leader (MMTL) throughout the UK. METHOD Postal questionnaire to consultants in charge of accident and emergency (A&E) departments seeing more than 30,000 patients a year. Information regarding MIO staffing and training and MMTL training and provision requested. RESULTS A&E p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.16.5.336