The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 415-421 , May 2007

Prehospital Emergency Medical Services in Malaysia

  • N.A.R. Nik Hisamuddin, MBCHB, MMED

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint Address: Nik Hisamuddin, mbchb, mmed, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Malaysia
    • ,
  • M. Shah Hamzah, BSC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
    • ,
  • C. James Holliman, MD, FACEP

      Affiliations

    • Center for International Emergency Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Received 19 January 2005 ,Revised 9 December 2005 ,Accepted 9 August 2006.

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 International Emergency Medicine is coordinated by Jeffrey Arnold, md, of Tufts University School of Medicine and Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts

PII: S0736-4679(07)00214-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.08.021

The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 415-421 , May 2007

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