Management deficiencies and death preventability in 120 victorian road fatalities (1993-1994)

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 611-618

  Mcdermott, Francis T ^a,c   Cordner, Stephen M ^b   Tremayne, Ann B ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c Consultative Comm Rd Traffic F ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Evaluation studies; Hospital mortality; Injuries; Mortality; Traffic accidents; Trauma severity indices; Triage; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0030866335     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb04608.x     Document Type: Article

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