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Epidemiology of non-transported emergency medical services calls in Saudi Arabia

Daifallah M. Alrazeeni, Sikender A. Sheikh, Abdulmajeed Mobrad, Mazen Al Ghamdi, Nabeel Abdulqader, Mohammed Al Gabgab, Majed Al Qahtani and Bader Al Khaldi
Saudi Medical Journal May 2016, 37 (5) 575-578; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.5.13872
Daifallah M. Alrazeeni
From the Department of Emergency Medical Services, Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz College of Emergency Medical Services, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Sikender A. Sheikh
From the Department of Emergency Medical Services, Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz College of Emergency Medical Services, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulmajeed Mobrad
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Mazen Al Ghamdi
From the Department of Emergency Medical Services, Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz College of Emergency Medical Services, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nabeel Abdulqader
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Mohammed Al Gabgab
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Majed Al Qahtani
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Bader Al Khaldi
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vol. 37 no. 5 575-578
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.5.13872
PubMed 
27146623

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received October 21, 2015
  • Accepted February 12, 2016
  • Published online May 1, 2016.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Daifallah M. Alrazeeni, PhD⇑,
  2. Sikender A. Sheikh, MD,
  3. Abdulmajeed Mobrad, MD,
  4. Mazen Al Ghamdi, BSEMS,
  5. Nabeel Abdulqader, BSBM,
  6. Mohammed Al Gabgab, BSEMS,
  7. Majed Al Qahtani, BSEMS and
  8. Bader Al Khaldi, BSEMS
  1. From the Department of Emergency Medical Services, Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz College of Emergency Medical Services, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprints request to: Dr. Daifallah Alrazeeni, Assistant Professor, Vice Dean of Academic Affairs & Head, Emergency Medical Services Department, Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz College of Emergency Medical Services, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: dalrazeeni{at}ksu.edu.sa
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