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  • adjective Before a patient is brought to a hospital.

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pre- +‎ hospital

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Examples

  • Both the "prehospital" system delay (time from emergency call to arrival at the angioplasty center) and door-to-balloon time (time of arrival to initiation of treatment) were significantly associated with long-term mortality.

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010

  • The PEPP course is pediatric education for prehospital providers.

    Outreach Training 2010

  • In addition, our primary transport nurses must pass the state PHRN (prehospital registered nurse) certification and participate in ongoing education in altitude physiology, safety, trauma, disease processes, management. and other subjects.

    Information for Emergency Transport Team applicants 2010

  • The Trauma Center shares its expertise with others by providing education to doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers, including those from adult trauma centers and non-trauma center hospitals and with prehospital care providers.

    Level 1 center treating severely injured children 2010

  • In addition, our primary transport nurses must pass the state PHRN (prehospital registered nurse) certification and participate in ongoing education in altitude physiology, safety, trauma, disease processes and management and other subjects.

    Frequently Asked Questions 2010

  • Ketamine for prehospital use: new look at an old drug. ...

    Hillary Booed At Iowa Forum 2009

  • Ketamine for prehospital use: new look at an old drug. ...

    Hillary Booed At Iowa Forum 2009

  • Ketamine for prehospital use: new look at an old drug. ...

    Hillary Booed At Iowa Forum 2009

  • Ketamine for prehospital use: new look at an old drug. ...

    Hillary Booed At Iowa Forum 2009

  • Possibly the mother, too, if for some reason the prehospital info was wrong or overblown.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

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