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Prehospital care
Can advanced paramedics in the field diagnose patients and predict hospital admission?

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  • Niamh Maria Cummins Centre for Prehospital Research, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mark Dixon Centre for Prehospital Research, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Centre for Emergency Medical Science, School of Medicine & Medical Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Carrie Garavan Centre for Prehospital Research, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Eric Landymore Centre for Prehospital Research, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Noel Mulligan Centre for Prehospital Research, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Cathal O'Donnell Centre for Prehospital Research, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland National Ambulance Service, Health Service Executive, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Niamh Maria Cummins, Centre for Prehospital Research, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, National Technological Park, Limerick, Ireland; niamh.cummins{at}ul.ie
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Cummins NM, Dixon M, Garavan C, et al
Can advanced paramedics in the field diagnose patients and predict hospital admission?
Emergency Medicine Journal 2013;30:1043-1047.

Publication history

  • Received August 21, 2012
  • Revised November 12, 2012
  • Accepted November 13, 2012
  • First published February 13, 2013.
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April 29, 2016

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