Triage: Techniques and applications in decisionmaking

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 136-144

  Kennedy, K ^a   Aghababian, R V ^a   Gans, L ^a   Lewis, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0029837608     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70053-7     Document Type: Article

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