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5053.0 Emergency Care ResearchWednesday, October 29, 2008: 8:30 AM
Oral
Attendees will learn about whether ambulances carry equipment required to care for pediatric injury victims, characteristics of disproportionately frequent ED users and the implications for policy, and the importance of pre-hospital care for myocardial infarction victims.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe the unique equipment necessary on ambulances to ensure preparedness to care for pediatric patients. 2. Describe the predisposing, enabling, and need characteristics associated with frequent ED users. 3. Discuss how a pre-hospital protocol for individuals suffering a myocardial infarction can be lifesaving. 4. Describe the use of emergency department discharge data in injury surveillance for older adults.
Moderator:
Paul Juarez, PhD
8:50 AM
9:30 AM
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. Organized by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing
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