Prehospital advanced life support for major trauma: Critical need for clinical trials

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 480-489

  Spaite, D W ^a   Criss, E A ^a   Valenzuela, T D ^a   Meislin, H W ^a  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0031763729     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70178-7     Document Type: Article

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