Paediatric medical emergency calls to a Danish Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre: a retrospective, observational study
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Paediatric medical emergency calls to a Danish Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre: a retrospective, observational study
BACKGROUND Little is known regarding paediatric medical emergency calls to Danish Emergency Medical Dispatch Centres (EMDC). This study aimed to investigate these calls, specifically the medical issues leading to them and the pre-hospital units dispatched to the paediatric emergencies. METHODS We performed a retrospective, observational study on paediatric medical emergency calls managed by t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1757-7241
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-017-0470-1