How much to do at the accident scene?

Editorial

M W Cooke. BMJ. 1999.

. 1999 Oct 30;319(7218):1150.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7218.1150.

No abstract available

Comment in

How much to do at the accident scene? Paramedic agrees with most of comments about prehospital care.
Warwick J. Warwick J. BMJ. 2000 Apr 8;320(7240):1005-6. BMJ. 2000. PMID: 10753163 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
How much to do at the accident scene? Anaesthetists are best people to provide prehospital airway management.
Deakin CD. Deakin CD. BMJ. 2000 Apr 8;320(7240):1006. BMJ. 2000. PMID: 10809552 No abstract available.
How much to do at the accident scene? Prehospital intervention prolong prehospital time.
Okkels Birk H, Onsberg Henriksen L. Okkels Birk H, et al. BMJ. 2000 Apr 8;320(7240):1006. BMJ. 2000. PMID: 10809553 No abstract available.
More public education and more intubationists will prevent prehospital deaths.
Cooke MW. Cooke MW. BMJ. 2000 Sep 2;321(7260):572. BMJ. 2000. PMID: 11023308 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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