Preparedness of non-hospital health centers to manage patients with life-threatening emergency conditions: findings from a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani (Author), Mehrdad Amir-Behghadami (Author), Masoumeh Gholizadeh (Author), Ali Janati (Author), Farzad Rahmani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Management of Life-threatening Emergency (LTE) patients in urban and rural areas is an important challenge, which can affect pre-hospital mortality rate. Therefore, Non-hospital Health Center (NHHC) must be prepared to manage such emergency cases that may occur in the geographic...